Being a Public Linguist: A Webinar with Professor Jane Setter
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How does one become a public linguist? How do journalists know they can call on you to provide expert comment, and why do they keep coming back? This talk looks at my career path, and the personal and professional skills and qualities which have led to my work as a public linguist. It also considers the pitfalls of speaking to the media.
Jane Setter is Professor of Phonetics at the University of Reading, UK. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a National Teaching Fellow of Advance HE. She is probably best known for co-editing the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (CUP, 2011) and as author of the popular science book Your Voice Speaks Volumes (OUP, 2019). The Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics (CUP 2021), which she co-edited with Rachael-Anne Knight, has recently appeared. Jane's research mainly focuses on prosodic aspects of speech in South-East Asian Englishes and among children from atypical populations. She is a regular commentator in the print, broadcast and online media on issues of accent and identity and has written for the Guardian and The Conversation. She also writes a regular column, "Giving Voice a Voice" for Babel, the Language Magazine.
Please use this link to join the talk on Collaborate on 11 March 2022 at 6pm.
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