![]() ![]() This staff, thus, is not only a royal insignia, but also a symbol of the shrewd and eloquent diplomat that the okyeame, or linguist, must be. This finial refers to the proverb, “The hen knows well when it is dawn, but leaves it to the cock to announce.” This proverb may reference the decision-making power of the chief, represented by the rooster, as opposed to the wisdom of the elders, represented by the hen, and the role the linguist plays in mediating between the two. Staffs with decorative finials like this one bearing the figures of a rooster and hen are owned by the official spokesman, or linguist, of an Asante chief as symbols of his office. Asante art is often related to oral traditions, including messages expressed through proverbs, sayings, or accounts of history. The kingdom’s position between the rich gold fields of the north and the coast, where European ships vied for trade, assured its wealth and maintained its focus on gold as a symbol of affluence and power. At York, I went on to specialise in the study of language change using language corpora.The Asante kingdom was the most powerful of numerous states that emerged at the beginning of the 15th century within the present-day country of Ghana. I did an undergraduate degree in English Language at the University of Edinburgh, where my interest in the history of English began. I graduated with BA (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Sheffield where my research interests were in the (complex) relationship between language and social disadvantage. I then went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma in Linguistics in 1999 and another in Translation and Interpreting in 2001. I completed my BA in English Language and Literature from Aleppo University in Syria in 1998. During this time I completed a PhD in Sociolinguistics. In 1996 I began working at the University of Glasgow. I returned to Scotland and taught at the University of Edinburgh for 2 years and completed an MSc in Applied Linguistics. more>ĭr Nicci MacLeod gained her PhD in 2010 from Aston University on the language of police interviews with women reporting rape.After a brief period working as a Research Fellow for the University of Aberdeen based in Dublin on a project investigating. During my undergraduate studies I went to Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania (US) for an exchange programme. I grew up in Hong Kong where I obtained my BA (Hons) in Contemporary English studies. ![]() My research interests span across cognitive linguistics, healthcare communication. ![]() I came to Newcastle and joined the department in the summer of 2008 after having completed a PhD degree in cognitive linguistics at Nottingham University. My undergraduate degree was in Geography, after which I taught English (TESOL) in Hungary, Poland, Saudi Arabia and the UK (I also had a brief spell as a secondary school Geography teacher). I returned to Britain and the north east in 2000. I completed my first degree in Humanities (English and European Literature), before embarking in 1986 on a lengthy journey teaching English language in Spain, Colombia and the Middle East. more>ĭr Sarah Duffy is Director of Employability and Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Humanities at Northumbria, where she has been based since 2016. His research interests include aspects of linguistic semantics, pragmatics, prosodic meaning, stylistics, multimodal meaning and semantic change. Professor Billy Clark leads research in linguistics at Northumbria University. We have particular expertise in cognitive linguistics, first and second language acquisition, forensic linguistics, language evolution, language variation and change, language in education, language teaching, medical communication, pragmatics, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, stylistics, and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Our research covers a very wide range of topics in language, linguistics and language teaching. Applicant Terms and Conditions and Policies.International & EU Fees, Funding & Scholarships.Funding and Scholarships for International Students.Northumbria University UCAS Exhibitions. ![]()
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