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Department of Language and Linguistics

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Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing your working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination

Posh Spice sounds posher, but changing your working-class accent isn’t a ticket out of discrimination

Dr Amanda Cole

15 September 2022

Blog post

Who speaks “chavvy”? Comparing accent and class prejudice in England and The Netherlands

Who speaks “chavvy”? Comparing accent and class prejudice in England and The Netherlands

Dr Amanda Cole of the University of Essex and Emeritus Professor Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics compare chavs, who personify contemptuous commentary on the working class in England, with a similar figure in The Netherlands: Haagse Harry (Harry from The Hague). It is remarkable how many of the associated characteristics and behaviours of chavs fit Harry like a glove, such as wearing bling and tracksuits, and supposed antisocial behaviour and laziness.

Dr Amanda Cole, Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade

25 August 2022

Podcast

Psycholinguistics - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

Psycholinguistics - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

Psycholinguistics: Can language shape the way we see and interpret the world around us? Hear interviews with staff, students, and other members of the University community around the topic.

25 June 2022

Podcast

Pronouns - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

Pronouns - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

With the growing acceptance of LGBT+ topics in the mainstream the matter of pronouns arose. Hear interviews with staff, students, and other members of the University community around the topic.

24 June 2022

Podcast

Idioms - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

Idioms - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

‘Break a leg’, ‘I’m feeling under the weather’, ‘I was just pulling your leg!’; We’ve all heard those phrases. Hear interviews with staff, students, and other members of the University community around the topic.

23 June 2022

Podcast

Accents - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

Accents - Listen Up - Language and Linguistics Podcast

Why are accents in the British Isles so diverse? Hear interviews with staff, students, and other members of the University community.

22 June 2022

Blog post

Ask or aks? How linguistic prejudice perpetuates inequality

Ask or aks? How linguistic prejudice perpetuates inequality

Writing for The Conversation Dr Amanda Cole, Dr Ella Jeffries and Professor Peter Patrick explain how accent prejudice and linguicism is a reframing of prejudice towards low-status groups who, simply, speak differently

Dr Amanda Cole, Dr Ella Jeffries, Professor Peter Patrick

11 March 2022

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Essex Love Stories: Cristina and Jack

Essex Love Stories: Cristina and Jack

Stories of the graduates who left Essex with more than just a degree

Alumni team

08 February 2022

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Essex Love Stories: Iolanda and James

Essex Love Stories: Iolanda and James

Stories of our graduates who left Essex with more than just a degree

Alumni team

04 February 2022

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Haemorrhaging: why some words are so easy to mispronounce (and why that could be a good thing)

Haemorrhaging: why some words are so easy to mispronounce (and why that could be a good thing)

Dr Amanda Cole, Dr Connor Youngberg, Dr Faith Chiu

31 January 2022

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