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Professor Paul Kerswill

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. 2010
  2. Published

    Sociolinguistic approaches to language change : phonology.

    Kerswill, P., 09/2010, The SAGE handbook of sociolinguistics. Wodak, R., Johnstone, B. & Kerswill, P. (eds.). London: Sage, 648 p.

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  3. Published

    Contact and new varieties.

    Kerswill, P., 04/2010, Blackwell handbook of language contact. Hickey, R. (ed.). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 230-251 22 p. (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics).

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  4. Published

    Introduction

    Wodak, R., Johnstone, B. & Kerswill, P., 2010, The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Wodak, R., Johnstone, B. & Kerswill, P. (eds.). London: Sage, p. 1-8 8 p.

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  5. Published

    The SAGE  Handbook of Sociolinguistics

    Wodak, R. (ed.), Johnstone, B. (ed.) & Kerswill, P. (ed.), 2010, Sage Publications. 648 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  6. 2009
  7. Published

    English language: description, variation and context.

    Culpeper, J. (ed.), Katamba, F. (ed.), Kerswill, P. (ed.), Wodak, R. (ed.) & McEnery, T. (ed.), 05/2009, Basingstoke: Palgrave. 718 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  8. Published

    Language and social class.

    Kerswill, P., 2009, English language: description, variation and context. Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., McEnery, A. & Wodak, R. (eds.). Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave, p. 358-372 15 p.

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  9. Published

    Standard English and standardization.

    Culpeper, J. & Kerswill, P., 2009, English Language and Linguistics. Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., McEnery, T. & Wodak, R. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave, p. 223-243 21 p.

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  10. Published

    Studying the English language.

    Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., McEnery, T. & Wodak, R., 2009, English language : description, variation and context. Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., McEnery, T. & Wodak, R. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave, p. 3-7 5 p.

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  11. 2008
  12. Published

    Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change : linguistic innovation in London.

    Cheshire, J., Fox, S., Kerswill, P. & Torgersen, E., 12/2008, Sociolinguistica : International Yearbook of European Sociolinguistics. Ammon, U. & Mattheier, K. J. (eds.). Max Niemeyer Verlag, Vol. 22. p. 1-23 23 p.

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  13. Published

    Reversing “drift” : Innovation and diffusion in the London diphthong system.

    Kerswill, P., Torgersen, E. & Fox, S., 10/2008, In: Language Variation and Change. 20, 3, p. 451-491 41 p.

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  14. 2007
  15. Published

    Social class.

    Kerswill, P., 2007, The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics. Llamas, C. & Stockwell, P. (eds.). London: Routledge, 271 p.

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  16. Published

    Standard and non-standard English.

    Kerswill, P., 2007, Language in the British Isles. Britain, D. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 34-51 18 p.

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  17. 2006
  18. Published

    Ethnicity as a source of changes in the London vowel system

    Torgersen, E., Kerswill, P. & Fox, S., 12/2006, Language Variation - European Perspectives. Selected Papers from the Third International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE3). Hinskens, F. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 249-263 15 p.

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  19. Published

    Migration and language.

    Kerswill, P., 2006, Sociolinguistics/Soziolinguistik. An international handbook of the science of language and society. Mattheier, K., Ammon, U. & Trudgill, P. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, Vol. 3.

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  20. Published

    The description and acquisition of variable phonological patterns: phonology and sociolinguistics.

    Kerswill, P. & Shockey, L., 2006, Phonology in context. Pennington, M. (ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

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  21. 2005
  22. Published

    New towns and koineisation : linguistic and social correlates.

    Kerswill, P. & Williams, A., 09/2005, In: Linguistics. 43, 5, p. 1023-1048 26 p.

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  23. Published

    Dialect change : convergence and divergence in European languages.

    Auer, P., Hinskens, F. & Kerswill, P., 2005, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 432 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  24. Published

    On the non-convergence of phonology, grammar and discourse.

    Cheshire, J., Kerswill, P. & Williams, A., 2005, Dialect change: Convergence and divergence in European languages. Auer, P., Hinskens, F. & Kerswill, P. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 135-167 33 p.

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  25. Published

    Phonology, grammar, and discourse in dialect convergence.

    Cheshire, J., Kerswill, P. & Williams, A., 2005, Dialect change: Convergence and divergence in European languages. Auer, P., Hinskens, F. & Kerswill, P. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 135-167 33 p.

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  26. Published

    The birth of new dialects.

    Kerswill, P. & Trudgill, P., 2005, Dialect change : convergence and divergence in European languages. Auer, P., Hinskens, F. & Kerswill, P. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 415 p.

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  27. Published

    The study of dialect convergence and divergence: conceptual and methodological considerations.

    Hinskens, F., Auer, P. & Kerswill, P., 2005, Dialect change: Convergence and divergence in European languages.. Auer, P., Hinskens, F. & Kerswill, P. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 1-48 48 p.

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  28. 2004
  29. Published

    Internal and external motivation in phonetic change: dialect levelling outcomes for an English vowel shift.

    Torgersen, E. & Kerswill, P., 02/2004, In: Journal of Sociolinguistics. 8, 1, p. 23-53 31 p.

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  30. Published

    Social dialectology/Sozialdialektologie.

    Kerswill, P., 2004, Sociolinguistics/Soziolinguistik : an international handbook of the science of language and society. Mattheier, K., Ammon, U. & Trudgill, P. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, Vol. 1. p. 22-33 12 p.

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  31. 2003
  32. Published

    [in Norwegian] Modeller for språkendring og spredning. Nye funn fra dialektutjamning i britisk-engelsk [Models of linguistic change and diffusion. New findings from dialect levelling in British English].

    Kerswill, P., 2003, Nordisk dialektologi. Akselberg, G., Bødal, A. M. & Sandøy, H. (eds.). Oslo: Novus, p. 83-114 32 p.

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  33. Published

    Dialect levelling and geographical diffusion in British English.

    Kerswill, P., 2003, Social dialectology. In honour of Peter Trudgill. Britain, D. & Cheshire, J. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 223-243 21 p.

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  34. 2002
  35. Published

    A dialect with 'great inner strength'? : the perception of nativeness in the Bergen speech community.

    Kerswill, P., 2002, A handbook of perceptual dialectology. Long, D. & Preston, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, Vol. 2. p. 155-175 21 p.

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  36. Published

    Dialect recognition and speech community focusing in new and old towns in England : the effects of dialect levelling, demography and social networks.

    Kerswill, P., 2002, A handbook of perceptual dialectology. Long, D. & Preston, D. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, Vol. 2. p. 178-207 30 p.

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  37. Published

    Koineization and accommodation.

    Kerswill, P., 2002, The handbook of language variation and change. Chambers, J. K., Trudgill, P. & Schilling-Estes, N. (eds.). Oxford: Blackwell, p. 669-702 34 p.

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  38. Published

    Models of linguistic change and diffusion: New evidence from dialect levelling in British English.

    Kerswill, P., 2002, Reading Working Papers in Linguistics. Varlokosta, S. & Georgiafentis, M. (eds.). Reading: University of Reading, Vol. 6. p. 187-216 30 p.

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  39. Published

    'Salience' as an explanatory factor in language change: evidence from dialect levelling in urban England

    Kerswill, P. & Williams, A., 2002, Language change: the interplay of internal, external and extra-linguistic factors. Jones, M. C. & Esch, E. (eds.). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 81-110 30 p.

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  40. 2001
  41. Published

    A dialect with 'great inner strength'? The perception of nativeness in the Bergen speech community.

    Kerswill, P., 2001, Reading Working Papers in Linguistics. Georgiafentis, M., Kerswill, P. & Varlokosta, S. (eds.). Reading: University of Reading, Vol. 5. p. 23-49 27 p.

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  42. Published

    Mobility, meritocracy and dialect levelling: the fading (and phasing) out of Received Pronunciation

    Kerswill, P., 2001, British studies in the new millennium: the challenge of the grassroots. Rajamäe, P. & Vogelberg, K. (eds.). Tartu: University of Tartu, p. 45-58 14 p.

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  43. 2000
  44. Published

    Creating a new town koine : children and language change in Milton Keynes.

    Kerswill, P. & Williams, A., 01/2000, In: Language in Society. 29, 1, p. 65-115 51 p.

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  45. Published

    Linguistics in the UK and Germany: Differing approaches to a discipline at the sciences/humanities interface.

    Kerswill, P., 2000, The humanities in the new millennium. Peters, S., Biddiss, M. & Roe, I. (eds.). Tübingen: A. Francke, p. 93-103 11 p.

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  46. Published

    Mobility and social class in dialect levelling: evidence from new and old towns in England.

    Kerswill, P. & Williams, A., 2000, Dialect and migration in a changing Europe. Mattheier, K. (ed.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang, p. 1-13 13 p.

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  47. Published

    'Salience' as 'an explanatory factor in language change: evidence from dialect levelling in urban England.

    Kerswill, P. & Williams, A., 2000, Reading Working Papers in Linguistics. Kerswill, P. (ed.). Reading: University of Reading, Vol. 4. p. 63-94 32 p.

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  48. 1999
  49. Published

    Dialect levelling: change and continuity in Milton Keynes, Reading and Hull.

    Williams, A. & Kerswill, P., 1999, Urban voices. Accent studies in the British Isles. Foulkes, P. & Docherty, G. (eds.). London: Arnold, p. 141-162 22 p.

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