Question Time

David Crystal shouldn't need an introduction, but if you're new to English Language you might need to be brought up to speed. As we put it on last year's conference blog, David Crystal is the public (and copiously bearded) face of English language study and the go-to man for any language issue.

Like last year, you can send your own language questions to us via the conference website and he will pick the best ones as part of the Q+A session in the afternoon.

So, if you are wondering about texting and how it's affecting our language skills, you could ask him about that (as he talked about on BBC's It's Only a Theory)...

If you're a bit upset about the poor apostrophe that's lost its job at Waterstones, you could ask him about that (as he explains about here and in this clip from Newsnight)...

Or maybe you're interested in how English became a global language and want to find out how it happened, as he explains here...

 

All language issues are fair game and you can find out more about where to send your questions on the conference homepage.