Academics from the University of Sheffield hope to create a ‘vivid, honest record’ of swearwords and other slights to stop them dying out ...
The British Library has assembled a unique digital collection that allows researchers and students to examine the evolution of spoken English. The collection includes 288 pairs of digital recordings ...
LONDON (AP) -- The last native speaker of the Cromarty dialect has died, taking with him a way of speaking unique to a small seaside town at the tip of Scotland's Black Isle. The dialect includes ...
Students explore the dialects of the English Language within a historical and social context. While in Great Britain, students will visit 3 different regions, collecting samples of English, Scottish, ...
Most birds only sing one dialect, learned from parents or neighbours, resulting in a geographical mosaic of regional accents.