Our goals
Our five primary goals
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To understand the life course of the newest features of London English in the first two generations of users, retesting features our team described 15 years ago
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To examine how the use of vernacular language changes over the lifespan
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To deconstruct monolithic constructs like Multicultural London English, Cockney, and Black British English into layered repertoires in social space
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To lay the foundation for a London English Corpus, the first to span generation, year of recording, social class, ethnicity, and gender, as a novel resource for long-term dialect tracking
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To clarify real-world implications for social perceptions and social mobility
