Rob Drummond - E2

Here are the show notes for Episode 2, where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about - the language used to report political protests, demonstrations and movements around the Black Lives Matter campaign - the language of the placards on the recent BLM London demonstration - and talk to Dr Rob Drummond from Manchester Metropolitan University about youth language, accents and how linguists can educate the public about language issues. You can find the links to the stories and research we’ve mentioned in this programme, below. Rob Drummond Website: http://www.robdrummond.co.uk/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobDrummond Accentism project: http://accentism.org/ Manchester Voices: https://www.manchestervoices.org/ Lisa’s blog on the BLM placards: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/the-language-of-protest-signs-blm/ Ben Zimmer on riots, rebellions and uprisings: https://time.com/5849163/why-describing-george-floyd-protests-as-riots-is-loaded/ Language in Conflict blog: http://languageinconflict.org Newspaper headlines: The Mail on Sunday: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/the-mail-on-sunday/front-pages-today.cfm?frontpage=60256 https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/the-mail-on-sunday/front-pages-today.cfm?frontpage=60315 The Guardian: https://time.com/5849163/why-describing-george-floyd-protests-as-riots-is-loaded/ The Observer: https://www.thepaperboy.com/uk/the-observer/front-pages-today.cfm?frontpage=60316 Some others you might find interesting: https://twitter.com/BoswellsMediaSt/status/1270013908225527809 Contact us @LexisPodcast.  Subscribe: Lexis Podcast | Podcast on Spotify Contributors Matthew Butler Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewbutlerwy Lisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates) Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog) Jacky Glancey Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey Music: Freenotes