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Current number of academic staff: Over 25 research active academics.
Current number of research students: Approximately 60
Recent publications: Language in Late Modernity: Interaction in an Urban School • Sociolinguistics & Computer-Mediated Communication • Language and Ethnicity at School: Some implications from Theoretical Developments in Sociolinguistics • Ethnography and Cultural Practice: Ways of Learning during Residence Abroad • New Ethnicities and Language Use.
Research projects: • Urban Classroom Culture and Interaction • Dialect Development & Style in a Diasporic Community • Language, Ethnicity, & Employment Job Interviews, Ethnicity & Disadvantage • The Impact of Language & Cognition on Compliance During a Natural Disaster.
Partner organisations: Hong Kong University and National University of Singapore (joint PhD opportunities)
Language, Discourse & Communication MPhil/PhD joint with HKU/NUS
|MPhil/PhD joint PhD with HKU/NUS
|Part Time, Full Time
RESEARCH PROFILE
Research income: Approximately £120,000 a year.Current number of academic staff: Over 25 research active academics.
Current number of research students: Approximately 60
Recent publications: Language in Late Modernity: Interaction in an Urban School • Sociolinguistics & Computer-Mediated Communication • Language and Ethnicity at School: Some implications from Theoretical Developments in Sociolinguistics • Ethnography and Cultural Practice: Ways of Learning during Residence Abroad • New Ethnicities and Language Use.
Research projects: • Urban Classroom Culture and Interaction • Dialect Development & Style in a Diasporic Community • Language, Ethnicity, & Employment Job Interviews, Ethnicity & Disadvantage • The Impact of Language & Cognition on Compliance During a Natural Disaster.
Partner organisations: Hong Kong University and National University of Singapore (joint PhD opportunities)
KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Ben Rampton
Duration
Expected to be: MPhil two years FT, three years PT. PhD three years FT, four-six years PT.
Location
Strand Campus or Waterloo Campus when studying at King's.
Year of entry 2012
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