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I am a linguist based in Manchester (UK) involved primarily in sociolinguistic variation (especially at the level of sound) and second language acquisition. In 2010 I was awarded a PhD in Linguistics from the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at The University of Manchester. My thesis is a sociophonetic study into variation in L2 phonological acquisition entitled ‘Sociolinguistic variation in a second language: the influence of local accent on the pronunciation of non-native English speakers living in Manchester’. More details here. I am currently a lecturer in the Department of Languages at Manchester Metropolitan University, and a temporary lecturer in Sociolinguistics at The University of Manchester.
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Publications
Drummond (2011). ‘Glottal variation in /t/ in non-native English speech: patterns of acquisition.’ English Worldwide. 32, 3: 280-308
Drummond (In press, to appear 2012). ‘Aspects of identity in a second language: ING variation in the speech of Polish migrants living in Manchester, UK.’ Language Variation and Change.
Drummond (Under review). ‘The Manchester Polish STRUT: Dialect Acquisition in a Second Language’.
Drummond (In preparation). ‘Dialect acquisition in a second language: a usage-based explanation of vowel variation’.
Conference Presentations and Invited Talks
2012. ‘Dialect acquisition in a second language – towards a usage-based explanation of vowel variation’. Invited talk at Northumbria University Research Seminar Series. Northumbria University. 27th February.
2011. ‘Dialect acquisition in a second language – towards a usage-based explanation of vowel variation’. The 8th UK Language Variation and Change Conference (UKLVC8). 12th-14th September. Edge Hill University
2011. ‘Explaining variation in the acquisition of a local vowel variant in bilingual Polish/English speakers living in Manchester’. Invited talk at the ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice. 21st Feb. Bangor University.
2011. ‘Dialect acquisition in a second language – a usage-based explanation of vowel variation’. Invited talk at the Language in Context Research Group. 16th Feb. University of Edinburgh.
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.
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.