British Academy to feature large-scale project exploring prejudice based on how people speak
On many levels the subject of how people speak is a fun one. But it is also important, researchers say, because of the “profound” negative social, economic and educational implications for speakers with denigrated accents.
For four years McKenzie and his team have been studying how English people evaluate northern and southern English accents. They have examined the explicit and implicit – in other words, unconscious – prejudices. “That tells us that at a conscious level people are less prejudiced than they once were but at an implicit level we still have those biases.”: “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.”
For the past two years it has been online. This year McKenzie and his team will be one of 12 projects taking part, with visitors invited to come along and talk about their own experience of accent prejudice or take part in interactive activities.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kristen Stewart’s gay ghost hunt is the spookiest of Pride tie-ins | Rebecca NicholsonActress promises a paranormal romp in a queer space, whatever that might mean
Read more »
Walkers 'lucky' to be rescued from Tasmanian mountain in blizzardsA pair of walkers are lucky to be alive after being rescued in blizzards from a mountain in Tasmania. The overnight temperature was -5C, only rising to -3C in the daytime. 9News
Read more »
Walkers 'lucky' to be rescued from Tasmanian mountain in blizzardsA pair of walkers are lucky to be alive after being rescued in blizzards from a mountain in Tasmania. The overnight temperature was -5C, only rising to -3C in the daytime. 9News
Read more »
England v Italy: Nations League – live!Minute-by-minute report: Will England get their first win in this year’s Nations League when they take on their Euros conquerors? Join Scott Murray
Read more »
Mitchell gives New Zealand masterclass but offers England a helping handEngland ended day two of the second Test at Trent Bridge on 90-1 in reply to New Zealand’s 553 built around 190 from Daryl Mitchell, who dropped two catches
Read more »
Wallabies shocks as squad for England series revealedDave Rennie has pulled a handful of surprises in his first Wallabies squad of 2022, which does not contain Izack Rodda or Reece Hodge.
Read more »