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

Publications

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Jump to: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020
Number of items: 9.

2024

Strange, L. (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. and Holmes-Elliott, S. (2024) Gender penalty? Linguistic discrimination and perceptions of female football commentators. Gender and Language, (Accepted for Publication)

2023

Strange, L. (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, L. (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, L. (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, L. (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, L. (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, L. and Strange, L. (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, L. (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)

This list was generated on Thu Apr 24 16:04:59 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Book Sections
Number of items: 9.

Articles

Hunt, M., Strange, L. and Holmes-Elliott, S. (2024) Gender penalty? Linguistic discrimination and perceptions of female football commentators. Gender and Language, (Accepted for Publication)

Strange, L. (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, L. (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, L. (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, L. (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, L. (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, L. and Strange, L. (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, L. (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, L. (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)

This list was generated on Thu Apr 24 16:04:59 2025 BST.

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)