Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing a working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination
Accentism – discriminating against someone because of their accent – has a long history in the UK, where the way someone speaks is often an easy way to tell their social class. People with ...
Professor, Linguistics, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University If you live in the UK or are familiar with its wide range of accents and dialects, you can probably tell the ...
2014: £1261 from the Research and Impact Stimulation Fund, focusing on accent and identity in teacher trainees. 2016: £500 from the ESRC to hold an event as part of the Festival of Social Science on ...
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