Julie Blake and I are working in collaboration with Dr Nils Langer on the development of a research and public engagement project related to linguistic diversity in Bristol. This builds upon an extensive questionnaire survey of Bristolian and youth sociolect conducted by 16-19 year old students at one of the city’s colleges in the 1990s. We have recently had a sample of 365 of these questionnaires formulated in electronically searchable form and have reanalysed the data to identify what can be learned about: existing linguistic descriptions of Bristolian; community-engagement as a method and outcome of sociolinguistic research; and how ...
While waiting to start his first degree in English Language and Literature, Tim extended his understanding of German language, culture and society by working as a furniture smasher for the British Army in Osnabrück. He made up for this later by training as a carpenter before becoming an English teacher in a variety of Bristol comprehensive schools, then Head of Department at St Brendan’s Sixth Form College in Brislington and Chief Examiner for AQA B English Language A Level. Tim currently works with Julie Blake as The Full English, the artisan bakery of excellence and innovation in resources ...
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