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Current Swedish Archaeology, 2021 Slower reading in a second language (L2) has been attributed to lower proficiency and/or to slower language processing. This study investigates the role of linguistic context in L1 and L2 academic reading speed among 295 undergraduate Psychology students
Nicole Louise Busby, Anne Dahl
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The Futures of English: Introduction from the UK
Literature Compass, 2023 AbstractWill students raised on social media still read English literature?What is the role of English/American literature in the PRC, India, Australasia, the USA?What is the role of English language in relation to other global and local languages?What is the role of decolonising efforts?How do our respective state apparatuses affect language and ...
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London and the English desert – the geography of cultural capital in the UK [PDF]
Cultural Trends, 2016 People in the UK and especially the English have become culturally attuned to seeing and experiencing a geography of extreme inequality as normal.
Dorling, D, Hennig, B
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Mapping the Americanization of English in space and time. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 As global political preeminence gradually shifted from the United Kingdom to the United States, so did the capacity to culturally influence the rest of the world. In this work, we analyze how the world-wide varieties of written English are evolving.
Bruno Gonçalves +3 more
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Working-Class Heroes: Intraspeaker Variation in General Secretary Len McCluskey
Lifespans and Styles, 2017 We examine “Liverpool lenition” in the speech of Len McCluskey, a speaker of “Scouse”. Scouse is a variety of Liverpool English associated with the working-class persona of the “Liverpudlian”.
Aïsha Daw, Xueyan Zhou
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Goin’ Home: The Role of Vowel Raising in Indexing an Ethnic Identity
Lifespans and Styles, 2017 Vowel height can be seen as a feature indexing a particular ethnic identity or indicating a style shift between two such identities. This paper focuses on Bradford-born South Asian musician Zayn Malik, an interesting subject given his prominent status as
Suzey Ingold
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The role of networked learning in academics’ writing [PDF]
Research in Learning Technology, 2017 This article explores academics’ writing practices, focusing on the ways in which they use digital platforms in their processes of collaborative learning. It draws on interview data from a research project that has involved working closely with academics
Sharon McCulloch +2 more
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The Young and the Old: (t) Release in Elderspeak
Lifespans and Styles, 2017 Elderspeak refers to a speech style used when talking to the elderly. The aim of this study was to find out whether a higher rate of standard phonetic variants of phonemes is a feature of elderspeak.
James Michaelov
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The UK Independence Party and the Politics of Englishness [PDF]
Political Studies Review, 2016 The rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been one of the most dramatic and widely discussed features of British politics in recent years. This article argues that one vital but largely overlooked facet of this phenomenon has been the politics of national identity.
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Lifespans and Styles, 2016 When examining the COT /CAUGHT merger in central Pennsylvania, Labov (1994) uncovered a stylistic phenomenon, known as the “ Bill Peters Effect” , whereby speakers heavily differentiate between /ɑ/ and /ɔː/ in spontaneous speech, but converge the two ...
Joel Merry
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