Blogging and Social Media
The blog entries are on a variety of topics ranging from education, to phonetics, linguistics, research methods to data science. Click on the pictures to read the blog.
All things phonetics
My new blog on all things phonetics
This is a new blog which is currently under construction. It will be live by the end of August.
Accents
Accent, identity, and prejudice
Accents are everywhere. Your accents tells a listener a lot about you. Patterns in your speech provide information about your biological make-up, social class, ethnicity, geographical origin, even about how you are currently feeling.
This blog entry was originally published in May 2021 on the Leeds Beckett University blog of the Carnegie School of Education.
Accents
Where do accents come from?
Accents are the systematic features in speech that tell a listener about our regional, social and ethnic origin. But where do accents come from?
This blog entry was originally published in June 2021 on the Leeds Beckett University blog of the Carnegie School of Education.
Language Origins
How Neanderthals help to assess our understanding of language and speech
A study, reported by the BBC on 20 December has found that it is likely that Neanderthals were capable of complex speech.
This blog entry was originally published in January 2014 on the Leeds Beckett University blog of the Carnegie School of Education.
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