robdrummond.co.uk - Rob Drummond – Linguistics

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I am a linguist based in Manchester (UK) involved primarily in sociolinguistic variation (especially at the level of sound), urban adolescent speech, dialects, linguistic ethnography, and identity. I am a Reader in the Department of Languages at Manchester Metropolitan University, where I supervise PhD students and teach sociolinguistics and phonetics to final year undergraduates and MA students. I am also a member of the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies . As well as my academic work I do a lot of public

From May 2019 to January 2023 I was working on the Manchester Voices project – a series of studies exploring the accents, dialects and identities of people in Greater Manchester. The research was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council . I also run the  Accentism Project , with Dr Amanda Cole from the University of Essex. The proejct explores and shares stories of language-based discrimination, prejudice, and stereotyping.

Prior to Manchester Voices and Accentism, my main research revolved around youth language, working with young people in Pupil Referral Units. This became the UrBEn-ID project , funded by The Leverhulme Trust (2014-2016). I worked on this research with Dr Susan Dray.

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