Thorburn Jennifer

Thorburn Jennifer

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Teaching given to the UNIL

2021-> Objectifs de progression - CLAD Anglais - B2-C1... Objectifs de progression
2021-> Objectifs de progression - CLAD Anglais - B2... Objectifs de progression
2021-> Objectifs de progression - CLAD Anglais - C1... Objectifs de progression
2023->2023 Research Methodologies... Séminaire
2022->2022 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2022->2022 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2022->2022 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2022->2022 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2022->2022 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2022->2022 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2022->2022 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2022->2022 English in Switzerland... Séminaire
2022->2022 Language in Television and Film... Cours-Séminaire
2022->2022 Linguistics: Attitudes to Language... Cours-Séminaire
2022->2022 Linguistics: The Sociolinguistics of Cyberspace... Cours-Séminaire
2021->2022 Research Methodologies... Séminaire
2020->2022 Synchronic Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics... Séminaire
2019->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2019->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2019->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2019->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2019->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2019->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2019->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2019->2022 Practicing English Proficiency - PEP... Travaux pratiques
2018->2022 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Cours
2021->2021 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2021->2021 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2021->2021 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2021->2021 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2021->2021 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2021->2021 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2021->2021 English Composition... Travaux pratiques
2021->2021 Language Change across the Lifespan... Séminaire
2021->2021 Language and Gender... Séminaire
2021->2021 Linguistics: Attitudes to Language... Séminaire
2021->2021 Linguistics: Endangered Languages... Séminaire
2020->2020 English in Switzerland... Séminaire
2020->2020 Language in Television and Film... Séminaire
2020->2020 Linguistics: Language Attitudes... Séminaire
2020->2020 Linguistics: The Sociolinguistics of Cyberspace... Séminaire
2019->2020 English Composition... Exercices
2019->2020 English Composition... Exercices
2019->2020 English Composition... Exercices
2019->2020 English Composition... Exercices
2019->2020 English Composition... Exercices
2019->2020 English Composition... Exercices
2019->2020 English Composition... Exercices
2015->2020 Research Methodologies... Séminaire
2019->2019 Language Change across the Lifespan... Séminaire
2019->2019 Language and Gender... Séminaire
2019->2019 Linguistics : Endangered Languages... Séminaire
2019->2019 Linguistics : The Sociolinguistics of Cyberspace... Séminaire
2018->2018 English in Switzerland... Séminaire
2018->2018 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2018->2018 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2018->2018 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2018->2018 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2018->2018 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2018->2018 Linguistics : The Sociolinguistics of Cyberspace... Séminaire
2018->2018 Practicing English Proficiency - PEP... Travaux pratiques
2018->2018 Synchronic Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics... Séminaire
2015->2018 English Composition... Exercices
2015->2018 English Composition... Exercices
2015->2018 English Composition... Exercices
2015->2018 English Composition... Exercices
2015->2018 English Composition... Exercices
2015->2018 English Composition... Exercices
2015->2018 English Composition... Exercices
2017->2017 Language Change across the Lifespan... Séminaire
2017->2017 Linguistics : Endangered Languages... Séminaire
2017->2017 Linguistics : World Englishes... Séminaire
2016->2017 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2016->2017 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2016->2017 Practicing English Proficiency - PEP... Travaux pratiques
2015->2017 Synchronic Linguistics: Introduction to Sociolinguistics... Séminaire
2015->2017 Synchronic Linguistics: Language Acquisition... Séminaire
2016->2016 Dialect in Literature and Film ... Séminaire
2016->2016 Linguistics : Multilingualism ... Séminaire
2015->2015 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2015->2015 Introduction to English language and linguistics (IELL)... Travaux pratiques
2015->2015 Language Laboratory... Travaux pratiques
2015->2015 Language across the Lifespan... Séminaire
2015->2015 Linguistics : World Englishes... Séminaire
2015->2015 Multilingualism and Multiculturalism... Séminaire

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My main research interests are centred around issues related to language variation and change. I investigate questions about how and why language varies across social groups, place, and time, primarily through a quantitative lens.
My principal on-going project explores language use in an Inuit community in northern Canada, which is shifting away from the indigenous language and becoming Engish-dominant. I am interested in the impact of this shift on residents’ identity and sociolinguistic practices, and also in the development of this new variety of English.
Other research projects focus on regional varieties of English, such as those found in Newfoundland and Northern Ireland. My newest study delves into the cognitive processes behind adjectival intensification, to better understand how people make linguistic choices.   

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