News
Find out what's been happening in the Linguistics and English Language department.
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Festival of Libraries 2024: Celebrating libraries and creativity across Greater Manchester
25 Jun 2024
12-16 June saw the return of Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2024
17 May 2024
Taking place in libraries across Greater Manchester between 12-16 June 2024 From 12-16 June 2024, Greater Manchester will once again celebrate the ...
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International Mother Language Day 2024: Museum trail, etymology workshop and comic arts conference
23 Feb 2024
UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024 took place last week on 21 February, with an inspiring programme of local celebrations presented...
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Celebrating International Mother Language Day 2024
26 Jan 2024
Creative Manchester is delighted to present a number of events celebrating UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2024, in partnership with ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2023: Creative writing, exploring dictionaries and an ‘edible readathon’
16 Jun 2023
7-11 June saw the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries, taking place across the whole of Greater Manchester to ...
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Greater Manchester Festival of Libraries 2023
9 May 2023
7-11 June 2023 sees the return of Manchester UNESCO City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries. Following the success of the past two years of ...
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‘Looking for Languages’ at Manchester Museum
14 Apr 2023
A language-themed trail around Manchester Museum took place on 12 April and saw over 340 people take part. Families were invited to collect their ...
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A major feature of the ‘Manc’ accent is disappearing – but not in North Manchester
27 Mar 2023
New research by an expert at The University of Manchester has found that a major aspect of the traditional ‘Manc’ accent is still going strong in ...
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‘Multilingual World’: New video podcast launched by Dr Serge Sagna
22 Feb 2023
A new video podcast exploring multilingualism and linguistic diversity across the globe has launched, as part of Manchester City of Literature’s ...
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International Mother Language Day 2023 Events
17 Jan 2023
Creative Manchester is delighted to participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 2023, in partnership with Manchester City of ...
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Linguistic Diversity Collective formally launches with ‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities’ public panel event
30 Nov 2022
‘Supporting Manchester’s language communities: Language endangerment and maintenance’ included a cross-disciplinary panel and marked the ...
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