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Linguistics Professor elected Fellow of world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society

18 April, 2024

Congratulations to Professor Antonella Sorace who has been honoured by the American Association for…

Linguistics graduate honoured by British Council Greece

27 February, 2024

Congratulations to Dimitrios Chaidas who has received the Social Action Award in recognition of his…

Linguists and physicists team up to uncover the forces that shape grammar

23 January, 2024

Funding received to understand factors such as communicative need, social aspects and learning…

Navigating misinformation: How linguistics can help

15 December, 2023

Dr Chris Cummins’ research examines how even the most perceptive member of the public can be led…

Celebrating student success: PhD students organise successful international linguistics conference

14 July, 2023

The University of Edinburgh Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference (LELPGC),…

Are you interested in finding out more about linguistic theory? Join our Meaning & Grammar Group (MGRG)

18 November, 2022

Learn about one of the School’s most active postgraduate student groups, how you can get involved…

New report finds accents still act as a barrier to social mobility

03 November, 2022

The report, co-produced by Linguistics lecturer Dr Christian Ilbury highlights a clear link between…

PPLS graduate publishes book on adoption

25 August, 2022

The new book co-authored by Linguistics graduate Hannah Feben-Smith is available for purchase now.

PPLS Professor to deliver talk on the evolution of language

19 July, 2022

Professor Simon Kirby will deliver his talk “How do languages evolve?” to an online audience in an…

Success for PPLS student at Young Scot Awards

02 May, 2022

Linguistics student Hannah Feben-Smith wins at 2022 Young Scot Awards.