1st Edition
Analysing 21st Century British English Conceptual and Methodological Aspects of the 'Voices' Project
1. Voices: a unique BBC adventure Simon Elmes 2. Voices: a case study in the evolution of a linguistic climate at the BBC David Crystal 3. Constructions of expertise and authority on a language-themed discussion forum: linguists, linguistics and the public Bethan L. Davies 4. Diverse Voices, Public Broadcasts: sociolinguistic representations in mainstream programming Alexandra Jaffe 5. Afrikaans is bobaas: Linguistic citizenship on the BBC Voices website Tommaso M. Milani and Mooniq Shaikjee 6. Language Ideology and Conversationalized Interactivity in Voices Will Turner 7. Mapping the Word: Local Vocabulary and its Themes Susie Dent 8. Voices in Wales: a new national survey Rob Penhallurick 9. Voices of the UK: The British Library description of the BBC Voices Recordings collection Jonathan Robinson, Jon Herring, and Holly Gilbert 10. Focus on voices in North-east England Ann Thompson 11. Blurred Boundaries: the dialect word from the BBC Clive Upton 12. Voices dialectometry at the University of Sheffield John Holliday 13. Voices dialectometry at the University of Groningen Martijn Wieling
Biography
Clive Upton is Emeritus Professor of Modern English Language at the University of Leeds, and was academic consultant to the BBC Voices project.
Bethan Davies is lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Leeds.
'From its first chapter, on the background of Voices at the BBC, to its last chapter, on statistical mapping of Voices data, this book consistently shows how we can add state-of-the-art academic analyses to the public success of the BBC Voices project.'
William Kretzschmar, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
'Analysing 21st Century British English shows even more than we thought just what a rich mine of information the BBC Voices project is. Here we can find computer mappings of dialect areas based on the mass of regional vocabulary collected, alongside reflections on the project by both BBC journalists and linguists. This is a unique and innovative volume with wide appeal to linguists and media studies specialists alike - but lay readers will find much to entice them, too.'
Paul Kerswill, University of York, UK
