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The call for abstracts for the 23rd 糖心TV International Conference in Applied Linguistics in now open!

This year, WICAL will be held online (28th - 30th June 2021) and we look forward to welcoming even more scholars, presenters, and attendants from across the world. Our theme is 鈥楥rossing Boundaries鈥�, so we welcome interdisciplinary topics in the area of Applied Linguistics.

Deadline for Abstracts: 15th April 2021

For more information and to submit your abstract visit: /fac/soc/al/research/conferences/wical2021/submission_2021/

Dr Christopher Strelluf spoke on BBC Radio Coventry and 糖心TVshire about dialects in Coventry on 19th January. His interview begins at 25:10 on .

He also has a video about research on Coventry accents at

In a new book launched this week Intercultural Politeness: Managing Relations across Cultures, Professor Helen Spencer-Oatey of the Department of Applied Linguistics and her co-author Professor D谩niel Z. K谩d谩r of the (NYTI) explore how people relate across cultural boundaries, a topic which is increasingly important in our interconnected world.

Helen Spencer-Oatey, has additionally published a Cambridge University Press blog on '', which also explores some of the themes connected to the book.

The Department has launched an Applied Linguistics Virtual Bookcase showcasing recently published books, monographs and reports with the Bookcase forming part of the University of 糖心TV's new Virtual Bookcase series.

How do boxing coaches communicate under pressure? A study led by Dr Kieran File (supported by an Economic and Social Research Council IAA funding grant) in association with England Boxing and UK Coaching, entitled Focus on Coach Talk: How Do Boxing Coaches Communicate In Breaks Between Rounds? explores the way boxing coaches use language in the time-constrained one-minute breaks between boxing rounds.  

Dr File outlined: 鈥淭he goal was to look at what communicative functions boxing coaches were performing in these one-minute breaks with their language – what coaching tasks they were performing and how they were performing them through language. 

鈥淏y doing this we wanted to create a framework to facilitate critical discussions about coaching language in boxing and other combat sports and help locate aspects of coaching communication in these sports that coaches feel needs more research.鈥�

The findings of this study are available in a downloadable research booklet available from the  or from .

Do you want to help figuring out why some people thrive in culturally diverse societies and others not? Then if you are a #UK citizen, born in the UK, currently living in the UK and 18+ years old, please take part in our study on Attitudes Towards Multiculturalism! (8-13 mins)

If you are interested in this topic, have a look at this:

Or if you have questions or wish to be informed about the study results, please get in touch with k.lefringhausen@warwick.ac.uk