{"id":31684,"date":"2025-08-22T12:36:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=31684"},"modified":"2025-08-22T12:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T11:36:37","slug":"david-crystal-in-conversation","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/event\/david-crystal-in-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor David Crystal \u201cin conversation\u201d: Celebrating 60 years of linguistics at Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\">We are delighted to celebrate 60 years of Linguistics at the University of Reading. To celebrate, we are delighted to announce an event with <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidcrystal.com\/GBR\/David-Crystal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor David Crystal<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\">. Professor Crystal is a world-renowned expert in linguistics and pioneered the study of linguistics and English Language in the United Kingdom. He worked at the University of Reading between 1965 and 1984, holding a Chair in Linguistics at the university for 10 years. He has published over 100 books, including\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\">The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\">and the more recent\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\">Let\u2019s Talk: How English Conversation Works.\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px;\">We are delighted to have Professor Crystal visit Reading to celebrate our 60th anniversary of linguistics.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Please join use for\u00a0<em>Professor David Crystal In Conversation<\/em>, an intimate conversation with one of the founding members of linguistics at Reading. Taking place from 4.30pm \u2013 6.00pm on Wednesday September 10th, 2025 at the University of Reading, this is a free event open to all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you would like to attend, please complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.store.reading.ac.uk\/conferences-and-events\/faculty-of-arts-humanities-social-science\/school-of-literature-and-languages\/department-of-english-language-and-applied-linguistics\/professor-david-crystal-in-conversation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration form<\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us to celebrate 60 years of linguistics at Reading with one of the founding members of linguistics at Reading, Professor David Crystal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":991,"featured_media":31688,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[2281],"class_list":["post-31684","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-agriculture-food-health","cat_agriculture-food-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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