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Professor Jane Stuart-Smith FBA

Phonetics and phonology, sociolinguistics, sociophonetics; language variation and change, speech and social meaning, media influence on language change; English, especially Scottish English/Scots and British Asian
Headshot of Professor Jane Stuart-Smith FBA (credit Elizabeth Stuart-Smith)
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2023
Sections
Linguistics and Philology
Website
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/staff/janestuart-smith/

Current post

University of Glasgow Professor of Phonetics and Sociolinguistics

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