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Political discourse
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Monday, 16 March 2020
#BlackLanguageMatters: Can linguistics change the course of justice?
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The 2013 trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin is well-known as the court case that sparked the...
Thursday, 31 October 2019
‘Oh gurl, you Sassy’
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‘Slay’, ‘yaas kween’, ‘squad’ – if you’re a keen social media, you might be familiar with some of these words. Originally from African Ameri...
Thursday, 11 July 2019
The Queen’s Speech
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Picture this: it’s Christmas day, you’re overloaded with turkey, surrounded by the remnants of wrapping paper and you’ve just settled down...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Agreement in the House of Lords? Not likely!
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A vintage engraving from 1861 showing tumult in the House of Lords Anyone who has watched Question Time in either t...
Monday, 30 January 2012
How do political leaders justify their actions?
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We’ve probably all been in a situation where we felt the need to justify or ‘legitimise’ our behaviour or actions in some way. This legiti...
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