Paul Kerswill
{{Short description|Sociolinguist}}
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Paul Kerswill, FBA, is a sociolinguist. Since 2012, he has been professor in the department of language and linguistic science at the University of York. After completing his undergraduate degree and doctorate at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he was a research assistant from 1985 to 1986 at the University of Cambridge, before working as a lecturer at the University of Reading until his appointment in 2004 as a professor at Lancaster University.[https://www.york.ac.uk/language/people/academic-research/paul-kerswill/ "Paul Kerswill"], University of York. Retrieved 12 April 2018.[https://www.britac.ac.uk/users/professor-paul-kerswill "Professor Paul Kerswill"], British Academy. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
Work
Kerswill has written several papers and done lectures, including a TED talk, on the subject of Multicultural London English, a sociolect spoken in London.{{cite news |last1=Hill |first1=Dave |title=The real roots of multicultural London English |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/davehillblog/2013/feb/06/paul-kerswill-multicultural-london-english |website=The Guardian |date=6 February 2013 |accessdate=9 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Paul Kerswill's Multicultural London English page |url=https://www.york.ac.uk/language/research/projects/mle/ |website=York University |accessdate=9 April 2020}}
Honours
In July 2017, Kerswill was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[http://www.britac.ac.uk/news/elections-british-academy-celebrate-diversity-uk-research "Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research"], British Academy, 5 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
Selected works
- (Co-edited with P. Auer and F. Hinskens) Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European languages (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
- (Co-edited with R. Wodak and B. Johnstone) The SAGE handbook of Sociolinguistics (London: SAGE Publications, 2010).
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