Welcome to Episode 69 of Lexis. Dan is joined by guest interviewer Amanda Cole for this episode as we talk to Dr Natalie Braber, Professor in linguistics at Nottingham Trent University and Alice Paver, Research Assistant at the Phonetics Laboratory, University of Cambridge about their new paper, ‘Stereotyped accent judgements in forensic contexts: listener perceptions of social traits and types of behaviour’. We talk about:<ul> <li>Previous accent attitude research</li> <li>What makes their research different and more expansive</li> <li>Criminality and morality in relation to accent attitudes </li> <li>The rise (and fall) of Brummie 😕</li> <li>The real world, legal implications of accent prejudice</li> <li>What happens in a voice parade</li></ul>⚠️As part of the discussion, we touch on issues of criminality, including sexual assault⚠️Alice Paver’s profile page:<a href="https://www.phonetics.mmll.cam.ac.uk/staff/alice-paver">https://www.phonetics.mmll.cam.ac.uk/staff/alice-paver</a> Natalie Braber’s profile page: <a href="https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/natalie-braber">https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/arts-humanities/natalie-braber</a> Their paper (with David Wright and Nikolas Pautz): <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1462013/full">https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2024.1462013/full</a> Some of the media coverage: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/charlotte-the-traitors-charlotte-welsh-b2682846.html">The Traitors: Why Charlotte’s fake Welsh accent could be a stroke of genius | The Independent</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpql98d1er9o">Cambridge study raises concern about regional accents stereotypes - BBC News</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan/17/working-class-accents-crime-uk-stereotypes">People with working-class accents more likely to be suspected of committing crimes | UK criminal justice | The Guardian</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyjdyj729ro">UK&#39;s hierarchy of accents: &#39;I thought mine made me sound stupid&#39; - BBC News</a>  <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36wnew7zkwo">Jorja Smith puts hometown accent on map</a> Lexis is on Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social</a> ContributorsLisa Casey blog: <a href="https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/">https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/</a> & Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/LanguageDebates">Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)</a>Dan Clayton blog: <a href="http://englishlangsfx.blogspot.com/">EngLangBlog</a> & Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social">https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social</a> Jacky Glancey Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey">https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey</a>Raj RanaMatthew Butler Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA">https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA</a> Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys Cool Guys by Serge Quadrado is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. From the Free Music Archive: <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys">https://freemusicarchive.org/music/serge-quadrado/urban/cool-guys</a>

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