Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Research in Linguistics and English Language at The University of Manchester is characterized by an exceptional breadth of expertise.
We investigate all aspects of language structure (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics) and their interactions from a wide variety of perspectives (formal, typological, historical, developmental, societal, and cultural).
Our work breaks down traditional boundaries in a number of ways: for example, by pursuing syntheses of synchronic and diachronic explanation; by driving theory development through the use of data from under-described languages and non-standard varieties; by testing formal models against quantitative data from sociolinguistic variation and laboratory experimentation; and by bridging the division between linguistic and cultural studies, with particular reference to the creation of identity.
The empirical base of our research is outstandingly broad, not only methodologically, but also typologically. Thus, alongside an exceptionally large cluster of experts on English language, we have particular strengths in Romance, Germanic, Indo-Iranian, the languages of Latin America, and the languages of Australia.
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Profiles
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Delia Bentley
- Linguistics and English Language (L5) - Professor of Romance Linguistics
Person: Academic
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A corpus analysis of idiolectal n-grams
Barlow, S. & Nini, A., 30 Jun 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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A new look at grammaticalization vs pragmaticalization in the rise of pragmatic markers: a typology of linear and nonlinear forms of evolution
Hansen, M.-B. M., 5 Sept 2025, Cyclic Change in Grammar and Discourse. Hansen, M.-B. M. & Waltereit, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 249-275 27 p. (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Articulatory strategies in male and female vowel production
Strycharczuk, P. & Kirkham, S., 10 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research . 68, 12, p. 5629-5649Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Articulatory Strategy in Vowel Production as a Basis for Speaker Discrimination
Lo, J. H., Strycharczuk, P. & Kirkham, S., Aug 2025, Proc. Interspeech 2025. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, p. 3504-3508 2025-666Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Assessing the suitability of forensic authorship analysis methodologies for speech data
Tompkinson, J. & Nini, A., 21 Jul 2025. 29 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Open Access
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AInteraction: Dialogic Construction of Knowledge by Humans and Machines
Basov, N. (PI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (PI), Lerner, J. (CoI), Hartman, T. (CoI), Lin, C. (CoI), Stewart, A. (CoI), Leifeld, P. (CoI) & Bannard, C. (CoI)
1/02/25 → …
Project: Research
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Centre for Digital Trust and Society
Barrett, E. (PI), Allmendinger, R. (Researcher), Elliot, M. (Researcher), Lord, N. (Researcher), Cordeiro, L. (Researcher), Gibson, R. (Researcher), Papamarkou, T. (Researcher), Dresner, D. (Researcher), Aldridge, J. (Researcher), Duncan, P. (Researcher), Banach, R. (Researcher), Brown, G. (Researcher), Dennis, L. (Researcher), Fisher, M. (Researcher), Korovin, K. (Researcher), Kotselidis, C.-E. (Researcher), Luján, M. (Researcher), Mustafa, M. (Researcher), Olivier, P. (Researcher), Reger, G. (Researcher), Zhang, N. (Researcher), Hodgkinson, G. (Researcher), Gulati, S. (Researcher), Ainsworth, J. (Researcher), Chen, Y.-W. (Researcher), Green, B. (Researcher), Healey, M. (Researcher), Uyarra, E. (Researcher), Zachariadis, M. (Researcher), Little, C. (Researcher), Mackey, E. (Researcher), Nenadic, G. (Researcher), Keane, J. (Researcher), Shlomo, N. (Researcher), Graff, N. (Researcher), Jarwar, M. A. (Researcher), Shariati Samani, S. (Researcher), Smith, D. (Researcher), Kambites, M. (Researcher), Thorpe, M. (Researcher), Rowley, P. (Researcher), Flynn, S. (Researcher), Turner, P. (Researcher), Wainwright, V. (Researcher), Czerwinsky, A. (PGR student), Nini, A. (Researcher), Broad, R. (Researcher), Shute, J. (Researcher), Deakin, J. (Researcher), Taboada, P. (PGR student), Knight, P. (Researcher), Hutchings, S. (Researcher), Whyte, J. (Researcher), Tolz-Zilitinkevic, V. (Researcher), Pilkington, H. (Researcher), Guharoy, S. (Researcher), Nicolo, A. (Researcher), Reggiani, C. (Researcher), Garcia Oliva, J. (Researcher), Van Someren, A. (Researcher), Bon, E. (Researcher), Cantijoch Cunill, M. (Researcher), Koch, D. (Researcher) & Chen, Y.-W. (Researcher)
11/05/21 → …
Project: Other
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RAI: Centre for Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Cangelosi, A. (PI), Lennox, B. (PI), Weightman, A. (CoI), Dennis, L. (CoI), Dixon, C. (CoI), Fisher, M. (CoI), Herrmann, G. (CoI), Dickson, A. (CoI), Lanzon, A. (CoI), Stancu, A. (CoI), Miller, A. (CoI), Freitas, A. (CoI), Nini, A. (CoI), Voronkov, A. (CoI), Brass, A. (CoI), Vijayaraghavan, A. (CoI), Parslew, B. (CoI), crowther, W. (CoI), Grieve, B. (CoI), Adorno, B. (CoI), Jay, C. (CoI), Wang, C. C. L. (CoI), Todd, C. (CoI), Soutis, C. (CoI), Arsene, C. (CoI), Dresner, D. (CoI), Barrett, E. (CoI), Gowen, E. (CoI), Arvin, F. (CoI), Podd, F. (CoI), Brown, G. (CoI), Reger, G. (CoI), Cooper, G. (CoI), Mairs, H. (CoI), Yin, H. (CoI), Kinloch, I. (CoI), Eleftheriou, I. (CoI), Li, J. (CoI), Carrasco Gomez, J. (CoI), Ainsworth, J. (CoI), Sinha, J. (CoI), Ozanyan, K. (CoI), Smith, K. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Margetts, L. (CoI), Ren, L. (CoI), Zhang, L. (CoI), Cordeiro, L. (CoI), Rattray, M. (PI), Bissett, M. (CoI), Elliot, M. (CoI), Alvarez, M. (CoI), Luján, M. (CoI), Nabawy BSc, MSc, PhD, MRAeS, SMAIAA, FHEA, M. (CoI), Peek, N. (CoI), Marjanovic, O. (CoI), Dorn, O. (CoI), Dudek, P. (CoI), Green, P. (CoI), Connolly, P. (CoI), Da Silva Bartolo, P. J. (CoI), Gardner, P. (CoI), Martin, P. (CoI), Potluri, P. (CoI), Curtis, R. (CoI), Schmidt, R. (CoI), Banach, R. (CoI), Batista-Navarro, R. T. (CoI), Kaski, S. (CoI), Midson, S. (CoI), Watson, S. (CoI), Holm, S. (CoI), Furber, S. (CoI), Schlegel, V. (CoI), Mirihanage, W. (CoI), Mansell, W. (CoI), Pan, W. (CoI), Sampson, B. (CoI), Sellers, W. (CoI), Yang, W. (CoI), Cai, P. (CoI), Sun, Y. (CoI), Alharthi, A. (Researcher), Macario Rojas, A. (Researcher), Serhan, B. (Researcher), Yu, C. (Researcher), Abara, D. (Researcher), Lopez Pulgarin, E. (Researcher), Faruq, F. (Researcher), Tavella, F. (Researcher), Semeraro, F. (Researcher), Liu, G. (Researcher), Fang, G. (Researcher), Niu, H. (Researcher), Taylor, H. (PI), Zhu, H. (PGR student), Collenette, J. (Researcher), Amano, K. (Researcher), Lo, K. C. J. (PGR student), Raggioli, L. (Researcher), Romeo, M. (Researcher), Ruocco, M. (PGR student), Ghaffari Saadat, M. (Researcher), Walmsley, M. (Researcher), Mubarik, A. (Researcher), Vinanzi, S. (Researcher), Su, Y.-H. (PGR student), McAleese, H. (PGR student), Stringer, P. (PGR student), Stoican, R. (PGR student), Ye, R. (PGR student), Kurawa, S. S. (PGR student), Zhang, T. (PGR student), Krywonos, W. (PGR student), Xu, Y. (PGR student), Tian, Y. (PGR student), Henderson, A. (Technical team), Morley, D. (Support team), Tallentire, J. (Support team), Smith, J. (Support team), Hawthornthwaite, S. (Support team), Carlson, J. (Support team) & Baniqued, P. D. (Researcher)
Project: Research
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Between individuality and accent identity in speech
Strycharczuk, P. (PI)
1/03/23 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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A voter-model approach to the distribution and dynamics of typological features of language
Bermúdez-Otero, R. (PI), Galla, T. (CoI), Kauhanen, H. (Researcher) & Gopal, D. (Researcher)
15/09/21 → 14/06/24
Project: Research
Impacts
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ESRC Knowledge Exchange Grant: English Language Teaching Programme for non-English speaking low-income mothers.
Cameron-Faulkner, T. (Participant)
Impact: Societal impacts
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Forensic linguistic authorship analysis of disputed texts
Nini, A. (Participant)
Impact: Legal impacts, Societal impacts
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Improving the lives of Romani migrants in Western Europe
Matras, Y. (Participant)
Impact: Cultural impacts, Societal impacts
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Number and recursion: the popular understanding of language
Everett, D. (Participant)
Impact: Cultural impacts, Societal impacts
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Promoting recognition and status of the Romani language
Matras, Y. (Participant), Halwachs, D. (Participant) & Bakker , P. (Participant)
Impact: Cultural impacts, Societal impacts
Activities
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9th International Conference on Discourse Markers in Romance Languages
Hansen, M.-B. M. (Member of programme committee)
10 Jun 2026 → 12 Jun 2026Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Pragmatics and Society (Journal)
Hansen, M.-B. M. (Peer reviewer of publications)
Dec 2025 → Jan 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review › Research
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Attitudinal Repetition: The Meaning of Mandarin Adverb chóngxīn ‘again'
Ke, C. (Speaker)
20 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Attitudinal Repetition: The Meaning of Mandarin Adverb chóngxīn 'again'
Ke, C. (Speaker)
12 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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A forensic linguistic analysis of the Jack the Ripper letters
Nini, A. (Invited speaker)
7 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
Datasets
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The Parsed Corpus of Middle English Poetry (PCMEP)
Zimmermann, R. (Creator), University of Manchester, Department of Linguistics and English Language, 2015
Dataset
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Jaminjung Valency Patterns
Schultze-Berndt, E. (Creator), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2013
http://valpal.info/languages/jaminjung
Dataset
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Structure dataset 25: Kriol
Schultze-Berndt, E. (Creator) & Angelo, D. (Creator), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 2013
https://apics-online.info/contributions/25
Dataset
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Gaeltacht Corpus (CHILDES database)
Cameron-Faulkner, T. (Creator) & Hickey, T. (Creator), University of Manchester, 2011
DOI: 10.21415/T5202F, https://childes.talkbank.org/access/Celtic/Irish/Gaeltacht.html
Dataset
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Eighteenth-Century English Grammars database (ECEG)
Yáñez-Bouza, N. (Creator) & Rodríguez-Gil, M. E. (Creator), Instituto Universitario de Análisis y Aplicaciones Textuales, 2010
Dataset
Prizes
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Addition international tuition fees ≈ £52,500
Ke, C. (Recipient), 21 May 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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AHRC NWCDTP +3 PhD Award (2023-2026) ≈ £67,500
Ke, C. (Recipient), 20 May 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Arthur Abramson Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Teaching
Villa-Garcia, J. (Recipient), 13 Aug 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Dissertation or Written Work within the School of Arts and Media
Donlan, L. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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English, Politics and Contemporary History Directorate Award
Donlan, L. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Forensic Linguistic evidence for the Ayia Napa rape case
30/12/19 → 4/07/25
7 items of Media coverage, 3 Media contributions
Press/Media: Other
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VARIOUS MEDIA: Jack the Ripper letter mystery solved by Manchester researcher
1/02/18 → 26/01/24
3 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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The Dickens Code project and forensic authorship analysis
20/12/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Accent variation in Southeast England
Cole, A. & Strycharczuk, P.
27/10/23 → 5/11/23
7 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Forensic linguistic analysis used for appeal against accusation of using AI to write coursework
10/07/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other