Dr Louis Strange

  • Lecturer in Sociolinguistics (English Language & Linguistics)

Biography

I joined the University of Glasgow in 2022, having completed my PhD at Queen Mary University of London. As a sociolinguist and discourse analyst, my research interests focus on language and gender, nationalism/national identity and the interactions between these, particularly in the Irish context. I analyse these issues from both linguistic landscape and (multimodal) critical discourse analytic perspectives. My recent projects and publications have covered responsibility and neoliberalism in British Covid-19 discourse, masculinity in Irish-language rap videos, as well as multiple analyses of the linguistic landscape of the 2018 Irish abortion referendum, stemming from my doctoral project. I am currently working on projects investigating bias in perceptions of female football commentators, abortion discourse during the pandemic and the effects of lexical choices on perceptions of abortion.

Research interests

  • Language and gender
  • Language and national identity/nationalism
  • Language and political economy
  • Critical discourse analysis
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Linguistic landscapes
  • Language attitudes

Research groups

  • Applied Linguistics
  • Modern English Language & Linguistics

Publications

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Number of items: 9.

2024

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2024) My body my choice: magical thinking and discourses of bodily autonomy in anti-mask rhetoric. In: Peterson, Mark Allen and Cotter, Colleen (eds.) COVID Semiotics: Magical Thinking and the Management of Meaning. Routledge. ISBN 9781032462424 (doi: 10.4324/9781003380726-6)

Hunt, M., Strange, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 and Holmes-Elliott, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7949-4722 (2024) Gender penalty? Linguistic discrimination and perceptions of female football commentators. Gender and Language, (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2023) Irish English and national identity in the linguistic landscape of Ireland’s 2018 abortion referendum. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2023(284), pp. 167-193. (doi: 10.1515/ijsl-2023-0005)

2022

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) The discursive construction of gender and agency in the linguistic landscape of Ireland’s 2018 abortion referendum campaign. Critical Discourse Studies, (doi: 10.1080/17405904.2022.2150669) (Early Online Publication)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) Covid-19 and public responsibility: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of blaming the public during the UK’s third wave. Linguistic Landscape, 8(2-3), pp. 168-183. (doi: 10.1075/ll.21034.str)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan: Gender and the Irish language in the linguistic landscape of Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum. Language in Society, 52(2), pp. 215-239. (doi: 10.1017/s0047404521001214)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) The intersection of nation and gender in the Linguistic Landscape of Ireland’s Eighth Amendment referendum campaign. Linguistic Landscape, 8(1), pp. 1-31. (doi: 10.1075/ll.20027.str)

2021

Ó hÍr, Liam and Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2021) Tiocfaidh Ár Lá, get the brits out, lad: masculinity and nationalism in Irish-language rap videos. Social Semiotics, 31(3), pp. 466-488. (doi: 10.1080/10350330.2021.1930856)

2020

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2020) Affective and epistemic stance as approaches to educating the public (or not) during ireland's eighth amendment referendum campaign. In: Niedt, Greg and Seals, Corinne A. (eds.) Linguistic Landscapes Beyond the Language Classroom. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 197-216. ISBN 9781350125360 (doi: 10.5040/9781350125391.ch-010)

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Number of items: 9.

Articles

Hunt, M., Strange, L. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 and Holmes-Elliott, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7949-4722 (2024) Gender penalty? Linguistic discrimination and perceptions of female football commentators. Gender and Language, (Accepted for Publication)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2023) Irish English and national identity in the linguistic landscape of Ireland’s 2018 abortion referendum. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 2023(284), pp. 167-193. (doi: 10.1515/ijsl-2023-0005)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) The discursive construction of gender and agency in the linguistic landscape of Ireland’s 2018 abortion referendum campaign. Critical Discourse Studies, (doi: 10.1080/17405904.2022.2150669) (Early Online Publication)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) Covid-19 and public responsibility: a multimodal critical discourse analysis of blaming the public during the UK’s third wave. Linguistic Landscape, 8(2-3), pp. 168-183. (doi: 10.1075/ll.21034.str)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan: Gender and the Irish language in the linguistic landscape of Ireland's 2018 abortion referendum. Language in Society, 52(2), pp. 215-239. (doi: 10.1017/s0047404521001214)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2022) The intersection of nation and gender in the Linguistic Landscape of Ireland’s Eighth Amendment referendum campaign. Linguistic Landscape, 8(1), pp. 1-31. (doi: 10.1075/ll.20027.str)

Ó hÍr, Liam and Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2021) Tiocfaidh Ár Lá, get the brits out, lad: masculinity and nationalism in Irish-language rap videos. Social Semiotics, 31(3), pp. 466-488. (doi: 10.1080/10350330.2021.1930856)

Book Sections

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2024) My body my choice: magical thinking and discourses of bodily autonomy in anti-mask rhetoric. In: Peterson, Mark Allen and Cotter, Colleen (eds.) COVID Semiotics: Magical Thinking and the Management of Meaning. Routledge. ISBN 9781032462424 (doi: 10.4324/9781003380726-6)

Strange, Louis ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-4380 (2020) Affective and epistemic stance as approaches to educating the public (or not) during ireland's eighth amendment referendum campaign. In: Niedt, Greg and Seals, Corinne A. (eds.) Linguistic Landscapes Beyond the Language Classroom. Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 197-216. ISBN 9781350125360 (doi: 10.5040/9781350125391.ch-010)

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Teaching

I currently teach or have taught on courses in the areas of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, ranging from first-year undergraduates to postgraduate students, including:

  • Qualitative Sociolinguistics (PGT)
  • Applying Linguistics in Social and Professional Life (PGT)
  • Topics in Sociolinguistics (PGT)
  • Sociolinguistics (Hons/undergraduate)
  • Culture and English Language Teaching
  • Language and Society (Level 2/undergraduate)
  • Varieties of English (Level 1/undergraduate)