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The Edinburgh University Linguistics and English Language Society is a society for appreciation, study, conversation, etc. of language, made up of students from the University of Edinburgh.

The society was restarted in 2009 by some students who wanted to have an undergraduate forum for linguistics that extended beyond the classroom to provide support, friendship, and community.

EUSA Society Oscars 2011 – “Best Academic Society”!

Best Academic Society at the 2011 Society Oscars 2011After missing out on the top-slot (Best Society 2011 went to EMPS) we won a special surprise award at the end of the EUSA (Edinburgh University Students’ Association) Society Oscars 2011 as the only academic society to be short-listed for Best Society; it was said that we are a “model academic society” with a “great blend of social and academic events“.

We are very pleased and excited about this and want to thank EUSA and everyone that has contributed to this recognition. Whether helping to run the society, supporting us at our events or simply visiting the website you have helped make the past academic year incredibly successful in many ways.

Events

We have a variety of events and services:

  • Soap Vox Lecture Series (more information given below)
  • Discussion groups and other socials
  • Academic Families (more information given below)
  • and more!

To keep up-to-date, sign up for our weekly emails (email eulangsoc at gmail dot com), check our events page, facebook group and page as well as our calendar (can also be found on our EUSA profile).

We also have a blog, with linguistic musings by society members.

The Soap Vox Lectures

Get your linguistics fix at our bi-weekly Soap Vox Lecture series on Wednesdays at 6 pm in Appleton Tower.

Academic Families

Last year, LangSoc launched the academic families scheme in order to try and create a closer community between students within LEL. Open to all LEL members, we invite you to sign up by emailing us (eulangsoc at gmail dot com) with the subject as join academic family with the following information: name, year, courses (incl. outside courses).

This year we’ll hopefully be running quite a few sessions to allow you to meet your families and also try to run sessions near exam times to give you the chance to consult other/older students. We’ll also be holding Linguistic Olympiads (a pub-quiz style event based around Linguistics and English Language). So if you’re looking to meet more people on your course and gain some assistance with courses and what not, join!