I was lucky to have caught Ife Thompson, a proud ‘Brixtonian’, last week. As a full-time criminal defence lawyer and community organiser, she is extremely busy. Ife is the founder and director of the charity Black Learning Achievement and Mental health (BLAM UK), which focuses on Black history, racial wellness and advocates against anti-blackness andContinue reading “‘Black British English’ as a label for ‘Multicultural London English’”
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LONDON TALKS and the Tower Hamlets community
Over the last months, I have interviewed 60 Londoners about their knowledge of and experience with London dialects to find out more about how London dialects are ‘enregistered’, i.e., socially and culturally constructed, for individuals. Last weekend, I had the opportunity to see hundreds of East Londoners react to the project at the QMUL FestivalContinue reading “LONDON TALKS and the Tower Hamlets community”
Information for participants
In linguistic research, the analysis of language is normally done by trained linguists on the basis of (transcribed) audio recordings. This study explicitly focusses on the knowledge and ideas you have about London dialects – simply by virtue of growing up in this speech community and hearing people around you. In other words, in thisContinue reading “Information for participants”
LONDON TALKS 