Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics
CRAL is an interdisciplinary research centre based within the School of English Studies at the University of Nottingham, dedicated to the description and understanding of language and discourse in different contexts and for different applications.
CRAL provides world-class facilities for applied linguistics research. This includes a state of the art corpus linguistics laboratory, eye-tracking equipment and lab space, and a number of unique language resources that have been developed at the centre.
Strengths of its staff are particularly in the areas of:
- corpus-based language enquiry
- health communication
- professional communication
- discourse analysis
- vocabulary studies
- bilingualism
- psychological aspects of language acquisition and use
- interfaces of language and literature
- second language pedagogy.
For a partial listing of current research projects, see here.
CRAL has a diverse portfolio of outputs which include prestigious monographs, articles in international leading journals, presentations at international conferences in the field, and a number of language databases which make Nottingham an international leader in Applied Linguistics.
CRAL is one of the leading centres in Applied Linguistics internationally and attracts significant numbers of students at all levels. The MAs in Applied Linguistics and Literary Linguistics are amongst the largest in the school, and we have built up a thriving PGR community. Many of our MA students continue at PGR level and feed into our high calibre PGR community. Details of current postgraduate courses offered by the Centre can be found on the Courses page.
Additionally, CRAL houses four interdisciplinary research groups. These include the Health Language Research Group (HLRG), the Bilingualism Research Group, Language in Professions and the Literary Linguistics Research Studio.
Videos of Research
- The Eye Trackers (on YouTube) by Dr Kathy Conklin
- The Word Counter (on YouTube) by Dr Kevin Harvey
For contact information click here.
Centre Director: Svenja Adolphs (Svenja.Adolphs at nottingham.ac.uk)