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Study the nature of human language. Focus your literature studies on a range of historical periods, individual authors, movements, themes and genres. And learn to write well in a variety of genres ...

We learn about how and why languages change. Language is constantly changing. Today’s small changes could lead to entirely new dialects or languages in the future. We learn about how and why languages ...

Gain a deeper understanding of how literature, theory, language and culture have relevance in the modern world at our Carnegie R-1 institution. Faculty members take their roles as mentors very ...

Miriam Moore has taught English language and linguistics at an intensive English program in South Carolina, community colleges in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as church and employer-based ESL ...

Join our interdisciplinary school which sits at the interface of literature, language and linguistics. Immerse yourself in the study of English and be guided by world-renowned experts, as you build a ...

My empirical research on linguistic practice in India has been foundational to a series of articles coauthored with Mary Bucholtz that interrogate the relationship between language and identity. Our ...

Humans use language as part of almost everything we do in social life. Whether it’s an everyday activity such as chit-chatting with a friend or family member over dinner, or something as globally ...

Metaphor is not merely a literary device but a fundamental cognitive mechanism that shapes how individuals conceptualise and communicate their experiences. In cognitive linguistics, research into ...