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Obituary: Jim Miller
We are sad to announce the death of Jim Miller, Professor Emeritus in Linguistics
The art of conversation
Dr Marieke Schouwstra from the Centre for Language Evolution will share her work at the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s event on conversation
Edinburgh Multilingual Stories Festival
A new festival is celebrating Edinburgh’s linguistic diversity, with Bilingualism Matters as a founding partner
Scots Wird Hunt at Edinburgh Libraries
University linguists team up with Scottish Language Dictionaries and local Scots speakers to illuminate the language's rich history
Clues that suggest lying may be deceptive
The verbal and physical signs of lying are harder to detect than people believe, a study suggests
Baby talk words build language skills
The more baby talk words that infants are exposed to the quicker they grasp language, a study suggests.
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: Languages, love and feminist philosophy
Researchers from the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences will take the stage at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Linguistics professor to inspire new generation of students at Summer Showcase
Geoff Pullum will make the case for why the study of linguistics matters at the British Academy event for schools and colleges
Edinburgh undergraduate linguistics conference is a huge success
Students from the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences organised the sell-out 2018 conference for the Undergraduate Linguistics Association of Britain (ULAB)
Edinburgh International Science Festival: Am I really speaking?
Create your own language with researchers from the Centre for Language Evolution and learn how bilingualism can help children’s development with Antonella Sorace at the 2018 Edinburgh International Science Festival