Date: 19-Oct-2009
From: Tara Thomas <tara.thomas taylorandfrancis.com>
Subject: David Crystal Lectures October - December
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David Crystal received an OBE for services to the English language in 1995,
and was made a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 2000. He is patron of
the International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
(IATEFL) and the Association for Language Learning (ALL). Having published
over 100 books, covering a diversity of language topics, his most recent
publications include "Just a Phrase I'm Going Through" (2009), "The Future
of Language: The Routledge David Crystal Lectures" (2009), "Txting: The Gr8
Db8" (2008) and "Thinking on my Words: Exploring Shakespeare’s Language"
(2008). He has been a freelance writer, lecturer, and broadcaster since
1984 and continues his work with language from his home in Holyhead, North
Wales.
David will be making the following appearances:
Tuesday, 20 October, 8 pm. American University, Washington.
Topic: Language Death: Writing the Obituary of Languages?
Thursday, 22 October, 5 pm. Maude Fife Room, English Department, Berkeley
University, CA.
Topic: Pronouncing Shakespeare
Friday, 23 October, 3 pm. Berkeley Language Center, CA.
Topic: From texting to tweeting: the brave new world of internet linguistics
Wednesday, 28 October, 7 pm, University of San Antonio, TX.
Topic: Pronouncing Shakespeare
Thursday, 29 October, 6 pm, University of San Antonio, TX.
Topic: Language Death
Friday, 30 October, 1 pm, University of San Antonio, TX.
Topic: In Search of English
Monday, 2 November, 2 pm. Utica University, NY.
Topic: Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
Tuesday, 3 November, evening, English Speaking Union, New York, NY.
Topic: Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
Tuesday, 17 November, morning. University of Cardiff, UK.
Topic: Just a Phrase I’m Going Through: My Life in Language
Wednesday, 18 November, 1 pm, Shakespeare Centre, Henley Street,
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.
Topic: The Sonnets and original pronunciation [with Ben Crystal]
Wednesday, 18 November, 7 pm, Shakespeare's Globe, London, UK.
Topic: The Sonnets and original pronunciation [with Ben Crystal]
Wednesday, 25 November, 4 pm, University Blackwell Bookshop, UK.
Topic: Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language
4 or 5 December, Philological Faculty, University of Belgrade, TBA.
Topic: Preserving the tongue that Shakespeare spoke: original pronunciation
and the Sonnets
Sunday, 6 December, tba, Philological Faculty, University of Belgrade.
Topic: Unhappy mortals: Dr. Johnson and his lexicographical heirs
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics
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