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My reflections on transcribing and interviewing seem an age away and I suppose they are! I spend many of these posts apologising for gaps (hiati?!) since the previous post. Perhaps I should be less apologetic and more pragmatic about life … Continue reading →

Over the course of these interviews, I guess about 25 ish in total over the summer, I think my style has developed quite significantly. I think this is the main thing I may get from doing this pre-pilot study (as … Continue reading →

All the transcriptions from my spring/ summer 2011 research work are now complete (in part thanks to a very keen new boyfriend, who has learned more about the nature of talk-in-interaction than he thought he ever would, probably!). It’s been … Continue reading →

I’m back. Apologies for the long absence. My PhD work has been a little on the backburner over the last six weeks or so. However, I’m back on the case with a spot of transcribing today. I’ve now been into … Continue reading →

The media coverage in the Guardian and the Daily Mail inspired me today. How bizarre. I’ve had a number of Ellen Bialystok‘s articles sitting in Mendeley waiting for me to get to the letter B (I keep starting from the … Continue reading →

Well, they do say that a PhD is a marathon not a sprint… The speed of my progress today would testify to that. I’ve felt a little tired all day – not a great night’s sleep and poor hubbie had … Continue reading →

Well it sure feels a long time since that last very excited posting! I haven’t had any time on the PhD at all since last Tuesday (and that was brief) because I thought it would be fun to mark 70 … Continue reading →

What a great week it’s been! I think that’s been down to the fact I’ve had four days on the PhD, and only one day faffing about with moderations and meetings, etc. Having more time in the week on the … Continue reading →

Well, it does feel a while since I posted. Last week was a crazy week of running between two campuses and marking so not much went down on the PhD front. However, Saturday I attended an All in One: PhD … Continue reading →

I’m really tired. I don’t know why – I had a bad night’s sleep on Friday and not great Saturday but should have caught up with the healthy 10 hours I had last night. But I haven’t. Not going to … Continue reading →