Episode 41 - Johanna Gerwin and London English

<p>Show notes for Episode 41</p> <p>Here are the show notes for Episode 41, in which Dan talks to Dr Johanna Gerwin, a sociolinguist at QMUL and DFG (German Research Foundation) post-doctoral researcher for the London Talks project about London English, including: </p> <ul> <li><p>The London Talks and Real Talk East projects</p> </li> <li><p>What ‘enregisterment’ means and how language styles and varieties become enregistered</p> </li> <li><p>‘Metalinguistic’ discourses about London English - MLE, Cockney and Estuary</p> </li> <li><p>The power of discourses around language</p> </li> <li><p>Slang swag</p> </li> </ul> <p>Johanna’s QMUL staff page: <a href="https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguistics/people/research-staff/profiles/johanna-gerwin.html">https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sllf/linguistics/people/research-staff/profiles/johanna-gerwin.html</a> </p> <p>Johanna on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/jo_gerw">https://twitter.com/jo_gerw</a> </p> <p>The London Talks project website: <a href="https://londontalksresearch.co.uk/">https://londontalksresearch.co.uk/</a> </p> <p>Real Talk on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/RealTalkEast">https://twitter.com/RealTalkEast</a> </p> <p>In our regular Lang in the News segment, Lisa, Jacky and Dan talk about ‘cis’ and how it’s been termed a slur by Elon Musk. We discuss where ‘cis’ comes from and all the related issues about language policing in a changing world. </p> <p> </p> <p>Elon Musk claims ‘cis’ is a slur…</p> <p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-cisgender-twitter-slur-b2361734.html">Elon Musk sparks outrage with threat to ban ‘cisgender’ as a ‘slur’ on Twitter | The Independent</a> </p> <p><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/21/elon-musk-twitter-cis-cisgender-slur/">Elon Musk claims use of &#39;cis&#39; and &#39;cisgender&#39; on Twitter is &#39;harassment&#39;, threatens to suspend users</a> </p> <p><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/22/elon-musk-cisgender-twitter-creator-response/">Researcher who coined term