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Professor David Crystal presents three of his most popular lectures in this special one day event.
Professor David Crystal, one of the world's foremost experts on language, presents three of his most popular lectures in this special one day event taking place of Thursday 16th October in The Shaw Theatre.
Lecture 1- The Future of Englishes. English is now a global language, but what are the consequences of this newfound status for the future development of the language?
Lecture 2 - Language death: writing the obituary of languages? David Crystal reviews the way languages are dying, asks why and what can be done.
Lecture 3 - Internet linguistics. What influence is the interet having on language, and what is happening to language as it comes to be used on the Internet?
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16 October 2008 at 11:15 am |
Duration: | Full Day |
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Venue: |
The Shaw Theatre |
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Tickets: |
£10 / £5 concessions (students must have valid ID) |
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Tickets available from The Shaw Theatre www.theshawtheatre.com or by phone at the Box Office on 0871 594 3123 |
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For any other information contact Laura Maisey by email at laura.maisey@tandf.co.uk |
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what a performer
Posted at 10:30 AM on 17 October, 2008 by Billy Clark
Sylvia says these talks were fantastic. Read her thoughts at:
http://billydug.typepad.com/londonlanguage/2008/10/heres-a-message.html
B-)