Browsing School of Languages, Linguistics and Film by Subject "Lexis"
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How ‘U’ are ‘U’ words?: Exploring variation in the usage and perception of class-based lexical shibboleths in British English
That U (upper-class) speakers and non-U (non-upper class) speakers are identifiable through the use of vocabulary is something of an axiom in England. These claims are repeated in books, magazine and newspaper articles, ... -
Interpreting identity effects in sociolinguistic variation and change: The role of local identity in the usage and recognition of Anglo-Cornish dialect lexis
Despite the well attested finding that orientation to place can exhibit correlations with sociolinguistic usage (e.g. Labov 1963; Hazen 2002; Haddican et al. 2013; Reed 2016; Beaman 2021), the role of place identity in ...