Sociolinguistics
For many years, we have been research leaders in language variation and change, sociophonetics and the applications of research into forensic speech science.
Our research into variation extends to language attitudes, perceptions of variation, dialectology and the different features which characterise varieties of English. Recent projects include studies of accent and dialect variation in England, either country-wide or in specific regions, such as the North East and London.
Project spotlights
- The use and utility of localised speech forms in determining identity (TUULS): Forensic and sociophonetic perspectives
- Geordie? Mackem? Smoggie?
- Multicultural London English
- Interactions in Grammatical Systems: North-South Dialect Variation in England
- Humans and machines: novel methods for testing speaker recognition performance
- Generations of London English