Department of Applied Linguistics

Department of Applied Linguistics

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Dr Francesco Perono Cacciafoco Elected Sigma Xi Lifetime Member

Dr Francesco Perono Cacciafoco Elected Sigma Xi Lifetime Member

Dr Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, Associate Professor in Linguistics at the Department of Applied L...

11 Sep 2024
Corpus Linguistics Symposium Successfully Held

Corpus Linguistics Symposium Successfully Held

On April 26, 2024, the Department of Applied Linguistics presented the Corpus Linguistics Symposi...

17 May 2024
New book illuminates our past through study of place names

New book illuminates our past through study of place names

The study of place names, known as toponymy, and its related discipline, toponomastics, have long...

23 Jul 2023
HSS academic is finalist in British Council’s ELTons awards

HSS academic is finalist in British Council’s ELTons awards

“It was really exciting when I got the email first thing in the morning,” says Dr Stephen Jeaco a...

24 Nov 2022
Explainer: Mid-Autumn Festival, from moon to mooncakes

Explainer: Mid-Autumn Festival, from moon to mooncakes

What is the festival that derives from moon worship in China? It must be the Mid-Autumn Festival,...

07 Sep 2022
Video: A Taste of Winter

Video: A Taste of Winter

Students from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool...

05 Jan 2022
Video: A Taste of Autumn

Video: A Taste of Autumn

Students from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and the School of Film and ...

17 Nov 2021
Ten SURF Stories: Do you wish to learn English online?

Ten SURF Stories: Do you wish to learn English online?

To what extent do you accept AI English learning tools? To what extent are you motivated to use t...

19 Oct 2021
Dr Qianqian Zhou: I’m both an ‘outsider’ and ‘insider’ in the field of linguistics

Dr Qianqian Zhou: I’m both an ‘outsider’ and ‘insider’ in the field of linguistics

Lying her research interest in the nature and impact of individual differences within the broader...

28 Sep 2021