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I am in the final stages of my PhD in Linguistics in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at The University of Manchester. My research is a sociophonetic study into variation in L2 phonological acquisition. If you are looking for Rob Drummond Web Design, please follow the link
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Publications
2010. ‘Glottal variation in /t/ in non-native English speech: patterns of acquisition.’ Under review.
Conference Presentations
2010. ‘Poles in Manchester: social factors affecting the acquisition of local speech features’. Dialect and Social Change in Urban Diasporic Communities. 1st & 2nd July. Queen Mary, University of London.
2010. ‘Speaking like the locals – the acquisition of local accent features by native Polish speakers living in Manchester’. New Sounds 2010, The Sixth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech New Sounds 2010. 1st-3rd May. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland.
2010. ‘The Manchester Polish STRUT – investigating the acquisition of local accent features in the speech of non-native English speakers living in Manchester’. British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP) Colloquium. 29th-31st March. University of Westminster, London. [Please email rob.drummond@manchester.ac.uk for a pdf copy]
2009. ‘Emerging patterns in the acquisition of local accent features by native Polish speakers living in Manchester’. The 7th UK Language Variation and Change Conference (UKLVC7). 1st-3rd September. Newcastle University
2009. ‘Patterns of acquisition: sociolinguistic reasons behind the acquisition of local accent features among native Polish speakers living in Manchester.’ The 4th Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 2nd July. Lancaster University.
2009. ‘Acquisition of local accent features among native Polish speakers living in Manchester’. Summer School of Sociolinguistics, 16th June. University of Edinburgh.
2009. ‘Acquisition of the Northern STRUT vowel among native Polish speakers living in Manchester.’ 18th International Postgraduate Linguistics Conference, 6th May 2009, University of Manchester.
2008. ‘Evidence of the acquisition of northern vowel sounds by non-native English speakers in Manchester.’ The 3rd Newcastle Postgraduate Conference in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, 9th July. University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
2008. ‘Investigating the influence of local accent on the pronunciation of non-native English speakers in Manchester.’ The 3rd Lancaster University Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 3rd July.Lancaster.