Britain is still a nation of polite people and fears that texts, tweets and Facebook are making people ruder is a myth, according to research
CASS is delighted to announce a successful ESRC application for funding on a project entitled “Twitter rape threats and the discourse of online misogyny” (ES/L008874/1).
In August I was invited to visit the Office of Communications (OFCOM) Southwark Bridge Road headquarters beside the Thames, to give a talk as part
This week, we are proud to announce Douglas Biber’s membership on the CASS Challenge Panel. Find his brief autobiographical introduction below. I have been interested
We are very pleased to announce Karin Aijmer’s membership on the CASS Challenge Panel. An introduction, in her own words: I am Professor Emerita in
Is translated Chinese still Chinese? Do translated English and translated Chinese have anything in common? Can the properties observed on the basis of translational English
Post-event review of the one-day workshop at Lancaster University Topics don’t come much hotter than the forms of impoliteness or aggression that are associated with
If, six months ago, you had told me that an assignment I was writing during my undergraduate degree would eventually send me to China for
Post A793 Linguistics & English Language Salary: £31,331 to £36,298 Closing Date: Sunday 20 October 2013 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: A793 The Centre
The version of the EEBO-TCP data that has been available on Lancaster University’s CQPweb server is now rather old (the TCP project adds text to the collection on a
On Monday (16th October) on page three of the Daily Mail, the readers could come across a short article about changes in the English lexicon
We are happy to announce Dr Fiona Farr’s membership on the CASS Challenge Panel. Dr Fiona Farr is Dean of Teaching and Learning at the
