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Your Voice Speaks Volumes About You: What accent change in English can tell us about England<\/strong>
\nUniversity Public Lecture (online),\u00a0Professor Jane Setter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why do we speak the way we do, and why do accent differences in British English fascinate some people and infuriate others? Take a trip across time to discover the origins of different accents of English in England, recent changes in the way we speak, and how language and attitudes to it are a reflection of so many other discipline areas, including history, geography, sociology, politics and economics.<\/p>\n

Jane Setter is Professor of Phonetics in the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics and a National Teaching Fellow. Probably best known for her popular science book, Your Voice Speaks Volumes: it\u2019s not what you say, but how you say it (OUP, 2019) and the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (CUP, 2011), Jane is a sought-after commentator in the media on topics such as UK accents, pronunciation and English as a global language. Her research interests are in speech prosody (rhythm, intonation), mainly looking at children with speech and language deficits and features of South East Asian Englishes.<\/p>\n

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