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MA English from the University of Nottingham - flexible online higher education that works for you.
Hi Lauren, we'd love to be added as a contributor please!
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Multi-coloured abstract geometric pattern. Text over image reads "Systemic Functional Linguistics"
Dark blue background with white text. Quotation reads "SFL is like a superpower that shows you how the world works", and is attributed to Prof. Peter Stockwell
Systemic Functional Linguistics is a major descriptive grammar of the English language. It places clause descriptions and syntax within a contextualised setting, drawing in also the ideological and interpersonal functions of language.
This pod is part of our range of #linguistics options. #langsky
Photo of the front cover of 'The Change' by Kirsten Miller. The book is being held up against a light-coloured background
White text against a dark blue background, with white University of Nottingham logo at the top left. Quoted text reads "My project will focus on the very recent rise of the menopause novel. The Change (quite literally) empowers menopausal women when society has typically treated the menopause as a taboo subject." It is attributed to Lauren, working on a Hexapod (research project).
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'The Change', by Kirsten Miller. This book was sent through by Lauren, who is beginning work on a dissertation on "the very recent rise of the menopause novel".
#lit #academicsky #feministsky
Women Poets of the English Civil War is part of our broad range of #literature pods. It explores the #poetry of 5 early modern womenβLucy Hutchinson, Katherine Philips, Margaret Cavendish, Hester Pulter, and Anne Bradstreetβarguing that it deserves & rewards attention as much as that of male peers.
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Some opinions about Yorkshire dialect lessons.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...
Just a quick one for people who don't know already... we do this podcast (Lexis) aimed at A Level English Language students (and teachers) in the UK.
open.spotify.com/show/0EPs83h...
#langsky
Photograph of two women sitting on a brown leather sofa. Both are wearing smart-casual clothing, one is using a laptop, and the other has a notebook on her lap. In the background is a window, with potted plants on the sill. Over the image is a dark blue square and white text, reading "Talk at Work"
White text on a dark blue background, quotation reading "Find out more about communicative practices that make work ... work", attributed to Dr Malgorzata Chalupnik
Our pod of the week is 'Talk at Work', one of the pods within our Professional Communication specialism.
This pod explores the fascinating role played by talk in the management of workplace relations, drawing on real-world exchanges observed in the professional domain.
#linguistics #langsky
Photograph of a small dog looking at the camera, against a background of ferns, small red mushrooms and forest floor. In the foreground is a book, entitled "FUNGI" and with a cover image of a half-human half-fungus creature.
White text on a dark blue blue background, with the University of Nottingham logo in the top left corner. The text reads "My project involves reviewing the rise of fungal texts in the last decade β what they have in common and why weβre so fascinated by fungus. This anthology is a fun place to start with some recognisable names" and is attributed to "Rhiannon, working on a Hexapod (research project)".
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'Fungi', edited by Orrin Grey and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. This book was contributed by Rhiannon, who is working on a dissertation about fungal fiction.
Her dog Roux is less sure about these tiny red mushrooms...
#lit #horrorlit #academicsky #ecocrit #skydogs
