[lg policy] Re: Seminar by Paul Kerswill, Sheffield, Mon 22 Feb, 3-5pm: "The media engaging linguists: a two-way street?"

[Dave Sayers]

Hi everyone,

After a delay almost of academic publishing proportions, finally I'm delighted to 
announce the video of this event back in February: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8frPzWvSVM.

I'm a beginner with this filming thing so it's not the best quality, but better than 
other times when I've messed up the recording much more comprehensively.

Enjoy!

Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132
Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
dave.sayers at cantab.net | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers



On 05/02/2016 16:46, Dave Sayers wrote:
> Hello one and all,
>
> It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Sheffield Hallam University for the
> inaugural address of the 2015-2018 Visiting Professor of the Humanities Research
> Centre, Professor Paul Kerswill. His talk is entitled "The media engaging linguists:
> a two-way street?". Here's the abstract:
>
> =====================================================
> Dealing with the media is a challenge for linguists. Linguists are called upon as
> experts, yet it is the expertise of the public that seems to win out. In my
> presentation, I'll deconstruct this position. I'll begin by presenting some
> relatively high-profile media stories about language, ranging from The One Show, via
> Newsnight, to Channel 4 News. I will continue by presenting my own research on the
> representation of Multicultural London English in the print media, from its first
> mention in 2006, through to its association with Jihadi John in August 2014 and his
> 'replacement', who broadcast threats in January this year. Motivated by this
> experience, I carried out an online survey of sociolinguists who had had contacts
> with the media, in which they responded to a range of questions. I was surprised by
> the results, and I will suggest ways in which these should inform what we do in our
> continued media contacts.
> =====================================================
>
> The talk is free, and depending on how generous the university is feeling, there
> might just be nibbles and wine available afterwards.
>
> It's in the Stoddart building of the City campus, which is a laughably short walk
> from Sheffield central train station. Easy peasy for visiting! Here's the building on
> Google street view: https://goo.gl/maps/eVa8PKkGApv. And here's a map of the
> laughably short walk: https://goo.gl/maps/UCvRyiiuC442.
>
> PLEASE REGISTER: https://kerswillhallamseminar.eventbrite.co.uk. Note: Eventbrite may
> automatically pester you to print and bring your ticket but don't worry about that -
> it's just to help us gauge numbers and justify a certain volume of snacks and booze :)
>
> See you there/here!
>
> Dave
>
> --
> Dr. Dave Sayers
> Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
> Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
> dave.sayers at cantab.net | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers
>

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