Sociolinguists say accent bias is prevalent in the UK and affects how people are perceived by classmates, colleagues and ...

Mercedes Durham works at Cardiff University. She has received funding (2022-2026) from the Leverhulme Trust for a project titled Sociolinguistic Variation in South East Wales: Change and Contact.

In a city known for its iconic design history, interior designer and diversity consultant Natasha Landers (@untillemonsrsweet ...

We need a much more nuanced understanding of how accents are evaluated when it comes to different crime types." The London and Liverpool accents were rated most likely to touch someone sexually ...

However, her fellow players do not know that this is a fake accent and that Charlotte is actually from London. Her reason for employing a fake Welsh accent is that it is "one of the most trustworthy ...

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Speakers of some accents perceived as working class including from Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford and London risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime, a study suggests.

Researchers have found that people think a Geordie accent sounds more guilty than others. The study by the University of Cambridge and Nottingham Trent University looked at how people perceive 10 ...

Yet its British, American and French cast speak in English accents, to confusing effect. Viewers might assume the film is using the original London setting of Stoker’s story, before learning ...

However, she was quick to reveal in the first episode in her confessional that she wasn't from Wales, quickly switching from her Valleys tone to her real London accent. Charlotte said she hoped ...