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Contributing to Goffman with the Open Access Fund

Contributing to Goffman with the Open Access Fund

The Open Access Team have recently announced the publication of another work funded by the Essex’s institutional Open Access Fund. The latest publication, a chapter by Dr Rebecca Clift, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language and Linguistics, contributes to a major new essay collection from Routledge.

Sean Andersson

29 January 2024

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Louder Than Words: You can say that again

Louder Than Words: You can say that again

Amanda Cole and Ella Jeffries from the Department of Language and Linguistics talk to Jules Pretty about  sociolinguistics: the loss and gain of language and dialect, language variation; influence of Cockney on Essex; accent bias – class and gender; right or wrong or plain different.

Dr Amanda Cole, Dr Ella Jeffries, Professor Jules Pretty

16 November 2023

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The cockney dialect is not dead its just called Essex now

The cockney dialect is not dead its just called Essex now

The cockney dialect is not dead its just called Essex now

Dr Amanda Cole

27 February 2023

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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

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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

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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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Decolonising the curriculum: English dominates but at a cost to African languages

Adeyemi P. Awomodu is a final year student studying BA English Language and Linguistics at Essex.

Adeyemi P. Awomodu

15 September 2020

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