Tower Hamlets’ recognition of Cockney as a “community language” celebrates the role that all English dialects play in shaping individual and community identities.
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For many school children, Benjamin Zephaniah’s work will have been the first time they encountered published literature that talked about the things that mattered to them.
Accents are not inherently easy or difficult to comprehend. Rather, the lack of exposure people have to a variety of accents causes communication difficulties.
Beliefs about language are never just about language. They reflect institutional power dynamics.
African American Vernacular English is a stigmatized dialect that is still ridiculed in education and the workplace. Its speakers are coherent and intelligent communicators, but remain disadvantaged.
The Queen’s love for the Scottish highlands was well-documented. Fewer knew she could speak the language too.
Linguicism sees people penalised for speaking in non-standard forms of English.
Standard English is but one of a myriad ways of speaking the English language. No child should be penalised for speaking another
The former journalist raised eyebrows recently when he lapsed into Nonstandard English which is frowned upon in his National Curriculum.
Northern dialects are actually close to original English – despite what southerners might say.
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Senior Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor in Linguistics and Scottish Language, University of Aberdeen
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Reader in English Language, Swansea University
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Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in linguistics, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
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Professor of Linguistics, Lancaster University
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Professor of English, Wayne State University
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Senior lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester
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Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Essex
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Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick
