Accents of Britain: English dialect phonetics, phonology and morphology

Aims

To introduce students to variability in the phonetics, phonology and morphology of varieties of UK English
To introduce students to some changes currently in progress in UK Englishes
To allow students to apply principles of phonetics/phonology and morphology to linguistic phenomena in varieties in which they have native or near-native competence
To give students the experience of working in small groups of mixed background, offering one another mutual support

By the end of this module, students will typically:

Have an understanding of a small number of linguistic-theoretical problems, with an emphasis on their relevance to some aspect of English phonetics, phonology or morphology
Have experience of applying some aspect or aspects of linguistic theory to the analysis of English language data, and as a result, gain a better understanding of the relationship between data and analysis