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How identity drives language change

2:00pm-3:00pm on Thursday 27 March

Times shown are in GMT (UTC +0) up to the 26th March. For events on or after 27th March times are in BST (UTC +1).

Woolf Institute, Shasha Suite, Madingley Road, CB3 0UB

In this talk, Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner, Executive Director of the Woolf Institute, will discuss how identity drives language change. She will investigate the most important factors of language change, how much we are all influenced by linguistic role models, why different generations sound different from one another, and how social groups segregate by speaking in a particular way.

Booking/Registration is: RECOMMENDED

Additional Information

Age: Young Adults 12 – 18, Adults
Format: Talk
Timing: In person
Cost: Free
Event Capacity: 75
Theme: Society
Accessibility: Full access

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