"A sociolinguistic perspective on why it is necessary to distinguish among types of creaky voice" Robert J. Podesva Stanford University ABSTRACT: As discourses about creaky voice started circulating in the media a decade ago, scholars have shed considerable light on its sociolinguistic complexity (Podesva 2013, Lee 2015, Becker et al. 2017, Zimman 2017). This paper, […]

Are you a current PhD or PGR student who needs extra funding for fees, living expenses, research, conference or 4th year PhD writing-up costs? Have you been adversely affected financially by the Covid-19 Coronavirus? If the answer is ‘yes’, then considering attending this webinar! It’s all about funding from unusual places you probably haven’t heard […]

On Aesthetics and Language Variation - Lecture by Miriam Meyerhoff Most people know that different ways of saying things sound “nice” or “funny” or “sexy”. But linguists are curiously reluctant to engage directly with the fact that we have an aesthetic response to language variation. Qualitative sociolinguists, following anthropologist colleagues, are more open to discussing […]

This event has been organised by Centre for Doctoral Studies. For any enquiries please contact doctoraltraining@kcl.ac.uk. Are you looking to engage in your research in a new way? Join the Entrepreneurship Institute for a masterclass in disruptive thinking, regardless of discipline, the skill of disruptive thinking will help you grow as an academic by enabling […]

Places are available for LAHPs final careers workshop of the academic year: Your Career: Objectives, Actions and Obstacles which takes place onsite at Keats House in Hampstead on Monday 27th June 2022 from 9:30am-5pm. This workshop is available to non- LAHP students. The workshop will be provided by the Menagerie theatre company Workshop overview Conveners: […]