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Newcastle
Joined May 2022
馃毃馃毃ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING馃毃馃毃 Come along Wednesday 29th to meet the new 24/25 LingSoc Committee!! We'll also be having a final board games night for the year, so keep your eyes out 馃憖
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馃毃馃毃NEW SOCIAL馃毃馃毃 Come along this Thursday for a bash at Spoons- get some food, have some pints (or not), and take a break from the assignment grind :)) Any Q's, just Dm us :))
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馃毃馃毃PAID OPPORTUNITY馃毃馃毃 Dr. Nguyen and Dr. Woods have offered students a chance to participate in paid volunteer work during the Discovery Festival in June. Make some bank and learn about Child Language Acquisition on the job! Dm us for more info :))
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馃毃馃毃COMMITTEE 24/25 VOTING馃毃馃毃 It's nearly time!! Voting for the 24/25 committee is almost open! Now's the time to get your applications together, list out what you could bring to your chosen role and show voters what you're made of! Any questions, don't be afraid to DM us! 馃槑
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馃毃馃毃NEW LINGSOC SOCIAL馃毃馃毃 Tired after Mid-Modules? Got some time to kill before going home for Easter? Come along to LingSoc games night this Friday! We've got something for everyone, so come chill with us! 馃槑 (Any questions, just DM us :) )
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馃毃馃毃NEW SPECIAL EVENT馃毃馃毃 Join us on Wednesday 6th March, for a special academic writing workshop lead by Dr. Emma Nguyen! No membership is required, just come along for guidance on academic writing in a chilled and fun space :) We'll see you there 馃槫馃槫
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馃毃馃毃NEW LINGSOC EVENT馃毃馃毃 On Tuesday 27th at 5pm, we'll be having our first big social of 2024! Come along to the Five Swans for a chill chat, with an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink! Catch up with classmates about grades, talk linguistics with us! We'll see you there :)
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馃毃馃毃MEME MONDAY馃毃馃毃 It鈥檚 back 馃槫馃槫 (I remembered this week, call it the February special 馃槑)
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MARKATHON. BE THERE.
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On 1st聽Feb at 3-4pm.聽Dr. Tim Wharton from University聽of Brighton will talk about "Affect in Mind" at the Speech & Language Sciences Research Seminar Series. Please see picture for abstract and Zoom link. @SLSncl @NCL_LangLing @HaSSFacultyNCL @LingSocNCL
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馃毃馃毃MEME MONDAY馃毃馃毃 Hope everyone is taking a well deserved break with the end of assignments! (And if you aren鈥檛 finished yet, just power through, not long left (probably) 馃槫馃槫) (Let鈥檚 pretend I didn鈥檛 just post this on my personal 馃槑)
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馃毃馃毃MEME MONDAY IS BACK馃毃馃毃 2024- new year, new LingSoc 馃槑. Well not entirely new. Actually it鈥檚 exactly the same as it was last year. BUT- We鈥檝e got plenty of good things cooking for semester 2, so keep an eye on this space 馃憖馃憖
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馃毃馃毃MEME MONDAY馃毃馃毃 Special one this week for 3rd year Language Evolution students, if you know you know 馃槈
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馃毃馃毃CONLANG WORKSHOP II馃毃馃毃 Thursday 30th is our 2nd conlang workshop, this time on writing systems! If you were at workshop 1, please bring along your handouts. And if you didn鈥檛 have a chance to but want to join in, don鈥檛 worry! We'll help guide, or you can sit and listen in!馃榿
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馃毃馃毃NEW SOCIAL馃毃馃毃 Come along THIS FRIDAY for a chill night of games! Want to kick back and chill with mates? We've got games for that! Want to show off your linguistics knowledge? We've got games for that! We'll see you Friday! 馃榿馃榿
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馃毃馃毃MEME MONDAY馃毃馃毃
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馃毃馃毃NEXT SOCIAL馃毃馃毃 This Tuesday (14th) is our first collab with SockSoc! Pub Quiz time 馃槑 WHERE: Liberty House (Image 2 for directions) WHEN: Tuesday 14th @ 7.00PM Note: 拢1 entry fee, which is going to charity. We can't wait to see you! :))
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馃毃馃毃MEME MONDAY馃毃馃毃 (Just in time) We hope everyone鈥檚 reading week is off to a good start! Remember to work hard and prep! (Or let鈥檚 be real, have a well deserved week of rest, you鈥檝e earned it馃槍)
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馃毃NEW LINGSOC SOCIAL馃毃 This Friday, come along to the first in our series of conlang workshops! You'll learn how constructed languages work, and how to begin making one yourself- think Klingon/ Dothraki- plus, it's designed for both beginners and practiced conlangers alike!
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馃毃馃毃MEME MONDAY馃毃馃毃 Finally, Linguistic Determinism (Real) Bottom Text
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