The acquisition of Manchester dialect variants by adolescent Roma migrants (2015)
Thesis
Howley, G. (in press). The acquisition of Manchester dialect variants by adolescent Roma migrants. (Thesis). University of Salford

This dissertation reports the results of an ethnographically informed, variationist sociophonetic account of the acquisition of vernacular English dialect features by adolescent Roma migrants attending a Manchester high school. As one of the first st... Read More about The acquisition of Manchester dialect variants by adolescent Roma migrants.

Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture (2015)
Thesis
Harbord, J. (in press). Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture. (Thesis). University of Salford

Blackface minstrelsy just ain’t what it used to be. This statement should not be understood as a call for the return of the minstrel show. Quite literally, minstrelsy and its central feature blackface manifest themselves in divergent ways from their... Read More about Representations of blackface and minstrelsy in twenty-first century popular culture.