Dr Chris Pak and Dr Alison Sealey – People, Products, Pests and Pets.
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How does language affect how we talk about, think about and treat animals? Sam visits the Department of English to talk with Senior Lecturer Dr Alison Sealey and Research Fellow Dr Chris Pak about their research project ‘People, Products, Pests and Pets’. Their Leverhulme funded project is collecting a wide range of discourse about animals, from descriptions on food packaging in the supermarket to fundraising leaflets from animal rescue shelters, to investigate how the linguistic choices within them relate to particular scientific, philosophical, ethical, popular and practical stances. Chris explains ‘We are able to explore how these professionals who worked in various industries have responded to debates in ways in which animals are actually treated in society, and the way they have moderated the language that they use in response to that.’
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