Speaking of Prejudice
@SpeechPrejudice
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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
My #languageattitudes monograph - Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes - finally published after 4 years with @RoutledgeLing
https://t.co/fd8eo1ItJf Indebted to @BritishAcademy_ Fellowship funding @robertm98205445
@NorthEnglishes @lizhutch @NorthumbriaUni
routledge.com
This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating cutting-edge implicit...
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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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My #languageattitudes monograph - Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes - finally published after 4 years with @RoutledgeLing
https://t.co/fd8eo1ItJf Indebted to @BritishAcademy_ Fellowship funding @robertm98205445
@NorthEnglishes @lizhutch @NorthumbriaUni
routledge.com
This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating cutting-edge implicit...
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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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Great news @SpeechPrejudice monograph - Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes https://t.co/jv3E8Ggcu5 - shortlisted for @__BAAL 2023 book prize https://t.co/6uEIYfomHy
@robertm98205445
Thanks @__BAAL for book prize shortlist re my new monograph https://t.co/U2vvVDv89e funded by @BritishAcademy Congrats 5 other nominees @SpeechPrejudice @NorthEnglishes @robertm98205445 @NorthumbriaUni @RoutledgeLing @lizhutch @ian_cushing #languageattitudes
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Great book review of @speechprejudice project new monograph in https://t.co/6uEIYfomHy
@robertm98205445 @Language_In_Soc @RoutledgeLing
@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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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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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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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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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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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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Thank you for invitation to speak @BBCRadio3 @BBCfreethinking #NewThinkingPodcast #languageattitudes @robertm98205445
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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Thanks to @cambridgeunion for invitation to discuss new book https://t.co/jv3E8GgKjD detailing results of Speaking of Prejudice project https://t.co/6uEIYfoUx6
#languageattitudes @robertm98205445 @NorthEnglishes @RoutledgeLing
routledge.com
This timely volume constitutes the first book-length account of implicit as well as explicit language attitudes. It details the findings of a large-scale study, incorporating cutting-edge implicit...
Much appreciated @cambridgeunion @Cambridge_Uni for invite to talk about linguistic bias in power and the establishment panel @SpeechPrejudice @NorthumbriaUni @NorthEnglishes
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Thank you @FryskeAkademy - especially Profs Hans Van de Velde - Laurence Mettewie for arranging talk on Aug 29 @robertm98205445 #languageattitudes
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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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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Thanks for sharing Research Fortnight @TFT_develop and for reporting findings of my @speechprejudice study https://t.co/DtyBKTyoeS
https://t.co/QONXcj6yjH
@NorthumbriaUni @NorthEnglishes @robertm98205445 @ResFortnight
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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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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Thanks for the tweet @RoutledgeLing
https://t.co/DtyBKTyoeS
@SpeechPrejudice @NorthumbriaUni @NorthEnglishes
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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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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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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