Here are the show notes for Episode 4 where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about

- sacking headlines: who’s been sacked and who’s doing the sacking?

- TikTok teens and K-Pop stans trolling Trump

- and talk to Dr Shivonne Gates about Multicultural London English and how language is used by teenagers to express their social identities.

You can find the links to the stories and research we’ve mentioned in this programme, below.

Some of Shivonne Gates’ work mentioned in the interview:

Voices and Practices in Applied Linguistics: Diversifying a Discipline

Why the Long FACE?: Ethnic Stratification and Variation in the London Diphthong System

Shivonne’s book recommendation: https://wordery.com/homegirls-norma-mendoza-denton-9780631234906

Headlines:

The Guardian

Daily Mail

Starmer reignites Labour civil war

Story of Trump’s Tulsa Rally being trolled by Tiktok users:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html

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Contributors

Matthew Butler

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewbutlerwy

Lisa Casey

blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)

Dan Clayton

blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)

Jacky Glancey

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey

Music: Freenotes