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Researching and raising public awareness about the social implications of deeply embedded (implicit) and self-reported (explicit) evaluations of English accents

Northumbria University
Joined May 2022
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@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
2 years
Thanks Grim Up North podcast re invite to discuss findings from Speaking of Prejudice project on language-based prejudice in the north and south of England https://t.co/5jrJzSHaU8 @MattCarr55 @SpeechPrejudice @InsHumanitiesNU @NorthEnglishes @NorthumbriaUni #languageattitudes
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@ian_cushing
Ian Cushing
2 years
I am totally honoured that my book has been short listed for the 2023 BAAL Book Prize, along some pretty amazing other pieces of work. @__BAAL @MMU_Languages
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@SpeechPrejudice
Speaking of Prejudice
2 years
Great news @SpeechPrejudice monograph - Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes https://t.co/jv3E8Ggcu5 - shortlisted for @__BAAL 2023 book prize https://t.co/6uEIYfomHy @robertm98205445
@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
2 years
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@SpeechPrejudice
Speaking of Prejudice
2 years
@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
2 years
@KingsUgwuanyi @Language_In_Soc fantastic @KingsUgwuanyi - very well-written. Thanks you for kind words and detailed evaluation of my new #languageattitudes monograph https://t.co/U2vvVDv89e @SpeechPrejudice @RoutledgeLing @NorthEnglishes @robertm98205445
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@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
3 years
Thanks to Daniel Stander @PeopleMgt for very well-written article re my @SpeechPrejudice research findings and continuing accent bias in the UK workplace Accentism: is it time for protected status? https://t.co/Ti73pG7pr2 via @PeopleMgt
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Daniel Stander deliberates whether accent-based discrimination in the workplace should be banned under the Equality Act
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@cambridgeunion
The Cambridge Union
3 years
Fun pannel happening in the library today at 5.30. It's open to all, member or not, so come and get a taste of a different type of union event!
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@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
3 years
Thanks Prince of Songkla University Thailand for chance to deliver 2 online sessions in Linguistics Research Methods and Sociolinguistic Variation re Visiting Professor Programme - even if two x 7.45am Saturday starts https://t.co/K4yGCymXLy #languageattitudes @SpeechPrejudice
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@SpeechPrejudice
Speaking of Prejudice
3 years
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@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
3 years
Thanks @PatrickChristys @GBNEWS for opportunity to speak live about accent prejudice and vital 'Speaking Up' report -and no mention of woke https://t.co/ErjXwyC9Qu @SpeechPrejudice @NorthumbriaUni @NorthEnglishes @accentbias @robertm98205445 #languageattitudes
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@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
3 years
Thank you @Kirsty_Maj0r @guardian for interview write up re my speech prejudice research. Wonderfully written article and very informative re accent discrimination in UK @SpeechPrejudice @NorthEnglishes @NorthumbriaUni @InsHumanitiesNU @robertm98205445
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@SpeechPrejudice
Speaking of Prejudice
3 years
@ahrcpress
Arts and Humanities Research Council
3 years
Season 4 of the @ahrcpress @BBCRadio3 #NewThinkingPodcast has launched! This Autumn, we’re exploring research about languages. Tune in to hear @RobDrummond @ManMetUni & @robertm98205445 @NorthumbriaUni talk about attitudes to accents & dialects:
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@SpeechPrejudice
Speaking of Prejudice
3 years
Thank you @FryskeAkademy - especially Profs Hans Van de Velde - Laurence Mettewie for arranging talk on Aug 29 @robertm98205445 #languageattitudes
@MercatorCentre
Mercator European Research Centre
3 years
At the invitation of @FryskeAkademy, Robert McKenzie (Associate Professor in Sociolinguistics, Northumbria University, UK) will give a presentation on his research into linguistic prejudice and attitude change in England. Welcome! 👇👇 #leeuwarden #ljouwert #friesland #fryslân
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@SpeechPrejudice
Speaking of Prejudice
3 years
@RoutledgeLing
RoutledgeLinguistics
3 years
Language discrimination is still an issue according to @robertm98205445 in a recent article by @guardian 🖊️ To delve deeper into the study behind this quotation, check out @robertm98205445 and @andrewrmcneill's new book, 'Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes.' #Linguistics
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@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
3 years
@TFT_develop
Thomas Fitzgerald
3 years
ResFortnight: Research culture: Mind your language. Students and academics are reporting ongoing accent-based discrimination, especially those with regional accents. (£) @sophie_inge @ProfRachelGaN @DrAmandaCole @RobDrummond @robertm98205445 https://t.co/9ATRAsa6Yb
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@BritishAcademy_
The British Academy
3 years
Sociolinguistics expert Robert McKenzie (@robertm98205445) discusses his team's analysis of how we respond to different accents in the latest episode of the @NorthernAgenda_ podcast. Listen here:
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The Northern Agenda is a weekly podcast covering politics and public affairs from across the North of England, voiced by journalists who are outside the Westminster bubble, reporting from the other...
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@robertm98205445
Robert McKenzie sociolinguist
3 years
@RoutledgeLing
RoutledgeLinguistics
3 years
Language discrimination is still an issue according to @robertm98205445 in a recent article by @guardian 🖊️ To delve deeper into the study behind this quotation, check out @robertm98205445 and @andrewrmcneill's new book, 'Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes.' #Linguistics
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@KingsUgwuanyi
Kingsley Ugwuanyi, PhD
3 years
NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 📢📢 My chapter (The development of English in Nigeria: From alien to “own” language) just got published in the volume in honour of Edgar Schneider ed. by Aloysius Ngefac, Hans-Georg Wolf & Thomas Hoffmann @Linguist_UR. https://t.co/2XsvmnSmjH
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Vol. I: The Schneiderian Thinking and Beyond Aloysius Ngefac, Hans-Georg Wolf & Thomas Hoffmann (eds.) University of Yaounde I, University of Potsdam, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt | Hunan Normal University
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@SpeechPrejudice
Speaking of Prejudice
3 years
Wonderful video interview re Speaking of Prejudice project by @Raza_Ahmed2000 for @VoiceOfIslamUK at Summer Showcase @BritishAcademy_ https://t.co/HN4iD6wUtu @robertm98205445 @NorthumbriaUni @NorthEnglishes @RoutledgeLing
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