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For a younger generation of secular Jews, Yiddish is acquiring a new appeal.
What the iconic musical tells us about accent prejudice and class.
Tower Hamlets’ recognition of Cockney as a “community language” celebrates the role that all English dialects play in shaping individual and community identities.
Accents are constantly changing.
The aggressive efforts of social media platforms to police language have spawned a new lexicon meant to evade censors.
When over a million east Londoners moved to Essex in the second half of the 20th century, they took their accent with them.
Barbara Windsor was the Cockney queen of EastEnders but you’re more likely to hear her famous accent in Essex now rather than London.
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Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, University of Cambridge
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Roger J. Kreuz is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Dean and Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor, University of Memphis
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Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick
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Lecturer In Theatre (Voice), Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Urban Literature, Queen Mary University of London
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Research Fellow, School of the Arts, Queen Mary University of London