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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2025 · 26 MIN

What Did You Say?

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Emma Moore, Professor of Sociolinguistics, explores how we evaluate the way other people form words and sentences, and what happens when people use grammar that is considered to be non-standard. This work is based on Professor Moore's research on the use and usefulness of non-standard grammar in the English language. Part of Festival of the Mind 2020festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk

Emma Moore, Professor of Sociolinguistics, explores how we evaluate the way other people form words and sentences, and what happens when people use grammar that is considered to be non-standard. This work is based on Professor Moore's research on the use and usefulness of non-standard grammar in the English language. Part of Festival of the Mind 2020festivalofthemind.sheffield.ac.uk

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