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Professor Natalie Braber's Inaugural Lecture

Why our language matters: The role of documenting linguistic variation

Natalie Braber
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In her inaugural lecture, Professor Natalie Braber highlights the role of language to our sense of identity and shows how linguistic variety helps to make us who we are. She also reviews examples of her current collaborations with artists, musicians, writers, museums and libraries to illustrate how linguistic varieties can be celebrated and how local communities can be engaged to turn language preservation projects into resounding monuments.

  • From: Monday 17 April 2023, 5.30 pm
  • To: Monday 17 April 2023, 7.30 pm
  • Registration: 5.30 pm
  • Location: Lecture Theatre 3, Teaching and Learning Building, Clifton Campus, NG11 8NS
  • Booking deadline: Monday 17 April 2023, 3.00 pm
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Event details

When people think about heritage, their thoughts tend to be limited to buildings and objects, and they agree we must preserve the most valuable of these assets. However, language is also a crucial aspect of our heritage. It too deserves protection. In her inaugural lecture, Professor Natalie Braber highlights the role of language to our sense of identity and shows how linguistic variety – our use of accents, dialects, words and expressions – helps to make us who we are. She also reviews examples of her current collaborations with artists, musicians, writers, museums and libraries to illustrate how linguistic varieties can be celebrated and how local communities can be engaged to turn language preservation projects into resounding monuments.

Biography

Natalie Braber is Professor of Linguistics. She joined Nottingham Trent in August 2005 having previously worked at the University of Manchester. She has research interests in language variation in the East Midlands, the language of coal miners, language as heritage, accent discrimination at the Bar and earwitness testimony. She's currently working on different projects engaging local communities with language, examining attitudes towards variation, investigating the social stereotypes of accents in legal settings and examining the ways barristers are judged by their accents.

Programme

5.30 pm

Registration and welcome refreshments

6 pm

Welcome talk

6.05 pm

Lecture begins

6.50 pm

Close and thanks by Executive Dean

7 pm

Drinks reception

7.30 pm

Close

Location details

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Teaching and Learning Building
Clifton Campus
NG11 8NS

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