There is a continuing lack of representation within the UK legal profession, which means a worrying lack of diversity among judges too.
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Tower Hamlets’ recognition of Cockney as a “community language” celebrates the role that all English dialects play in shaping individual and community identities.
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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Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor in Linguistics and Scottish Language, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer in linguistics, University of Essex
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Reader in Language and Education, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor in Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick
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Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of Sheffield
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Professor, Linguistics, School of Arts and Humanities, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of English, Wayne State University
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Head of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences; Professor of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh
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