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Many people change their accent and vocabulary, depending on who they are talking to.
007 uses an English upper-class, ‘Received Pronunciation’ accent.
Outdated and harmful ideas associated with certain south-east England accents are still pervasive, according to new research.
Examining current attitudes to accents in Britain, do the same biases hold true as they did 50 years ago and what does that mean when it comes to the interview process?
Having problems with Siri and Google Translate? Here’s why.
Northern dialects are actually close to original English – despite what southerners might say.
Viewers are taking to Twitter to display their prejudice about Islanders’ accents.
The short answer is that the accent you have depends on the people you grew up with and the history of the place that you live in.
When it comes to radio drama, accents can be as important as the script itself.
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Lecturer in English Language, University of Manchester
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Reader in Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, The Open University
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Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS) ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD), Macquarie University
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Reader in English Language, Swansea University
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Professor of Phonetics, University of Reading
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Professor of Sociolinguistics, Queen Mary University of London
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Lecturer in Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, Queen Mary University of London
