The Survey of English Usage
Quarterly Newsletter
December 2012

This newsletter is part of a series of quarterly newsletters from the Survey of English Usage, intended to keep the academic community and other interested parties informed about research in the Survey. The newsletter will be sent out in March, June, September and December. The March issue is the Survey’s Annual report.

Research

Creating a Web-Based Platform for English Language Teaching and Learning

This project came to an end at the end of December 2012. We are seeking further funds to continue the project, and are initiating discussions with the Department for Education to roll out the site in schools.

interactive Grammar of English (iGE) App

The Android version of iGE has now been published, and is available from the Google Play Store.

Seminars and presentations

Survey seminars during the Autumn term

On 31 October, Dr Rachele De Felice gave a talk on Corpus Pragmatics: linguistic and practical challenges.

On 21 November, Professor Peter Trudgill spoke on East Anglian Dialects and the Spanish Inquisition.

Bas Aarts
Director

December 2012

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