Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics (University of Oxford)

20/10/2020

The Faculty is delighted to learn that former Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics student Alvin Tan, who graduated in 2020, has been awarded one of this year's prizes for an Outstanding Undergraduate Dissertation in Linguistics by the Linguistics Association of Great Britain for research work undertaken during his undergraduate studies at Oxford. The LAGB awards prizes annually for outstanding dissertations or long-form essays in any subfield of linguistics written by undergraduates. Alvin received the award for his Linguistics Project “Copular Constructions in Colloquial Singaporean English”. Many congratulations, Alvin!

The LAGB is the leading professional association for academic linguists in Great Britain, and welcomes new members. Its scope includes all branches of linguistics – formal or functional, theoretical or descriptive, synchronic or diachronic, social or psychological (or neither), concerned with one ...

19/10/2020

Professor Janet Pierrehumbert has been awarded the 2020 Medal for Scientific Achievement from ISCA (the International Speech Communication Association).

https://isca-speech.org/iscaweb/index.php/newsroom/294-medal-2020

The medal is being awarded during a plenary session at Interspeech 2020. To hear her keynote address, the link is here:
http://www.interspeech2020.org/Program/Keynotes/

04/08/2020

Prof. Deborah Cameron has been on BBC Radio 4's Word of Mouth this week

From h***y to bossy, spinster to slut, Professor Deborah Cameron on words used about women

02/07/2020

Modern Languages and Linguistics Open Day Video, 1 and 2 July 2020

This is an introduction to linguistics, produced by Dr Jamie Findlay, Departmental Lecturer in Syntax at the University of Oxford. Please check the universit...

02/07/2020

https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/07/02/ppl-open-day-videos-july-2020

The Oxford University VIRTUAL Open Day takes place on Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 July 2020. Due to COVID-19, all events will be online. Visitors who are thinking of applying for the BA Psychology, Philosophy and Linguistics degree are encouraged to watch the videos available through this link: https...

02/07/2020

https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/07/01/professor-david-willis-joins-us-jesus-chair-celtic

The Faculty would like to warmly welcome Professor David Willis who is joining the University as the Jesus Chair of Celtic. He was formerly at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. Professor Willis specialises in historical linguistics and in theoretic...

02/07/2020

https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/07/01/professor-miriam-meyerhoff-appointed-senior-research-fellow-all-souls-college

The Faculty is delighted that Professor Miriam Meyerhoff has been appointed as Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College. She is currently Professor of Sociolinguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. Her long-standing research interests in...

02/07/2020

https://www.ling-phil.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/07/01/dr-daniel-altshuler-appointmented-our-new-associate-professor-semantics

We are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Associate Professor of Semantics, Dr Daniel Altshuler who will be holding a Tutorial Fellowship at Jesus College and a Lectureship at Brasenose College, Oxford.Dr Altshuler obtained his PhD in Linguistics from Rutgers University, USA. His prima...

30/12/2019

Our warmest congratulations to Prof. Aditi Lahiri, who has been appointed CBE in the New Year's Honours List for services to linguistics.

Image description: Professor Aditi Lahiri, CBE Five University of Oxford academics and medics have been honoured in Her Majesty’s New Year’s Honours List 2020. They have all been rewarded for their significant medical and academic contributions to society. Current members of the University featu...

22/04/2019

The faculty is advertising for part-time research assistants to work with Dr Mycock on Pronoun Tags. The closing date is 17 May 2019. Further details are available at: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_company=10&p_internal_external=E&p_display_in_irish=N&p_process_type=&p_applicant_no=&p_form_profile_detail=&p_display_apply_ind=Y&p_refresh_search=Y&p_recruitment_id=140394

10/02/2019

http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/teachers/teacher-summer-school

Our Teacher Summer School is a two-day residential conference for teachers from state-funded schools and colleges in the UK. During the summer school, teachers receive detailed support and guidance about the Oxford admissions process, experience taster sessions for different academic subjects, and l...

09/01/2019

Our 2019 guide on how to complete the UNIQ application form. Applications open until 28 January 2019. www.uniq.ox.ac.uk