Fwd: Radio 4 Today programme on British Library pronunciation project

Thu Oct 28 14:05:49 UTC 2010

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> From: Dave Sayers <dave.sayers at CANTAB.NET>
> Date: October 28, 2010 1:55:16 AM PDT
>
> There was a piece on the Today programme this morning, about a British Library project to record changes in pronunciation, with Prof John Wells. This link will take you to the right point in the programme:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00vhfc9/Today_28_10_2010?t=2h19m26s
>
> Here's a related report on the beeb new site:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11640951
>
> ...and the BL project in question:
> http://www.bl.uk/evolvingenglish/
>
> --
> Dr. Dave Sayers
> Honorary Research Fellow
> School of the Environment and Society
> Swansea University
> dave.sayers at cantab.net
> http://swansea.academia.edu/DaveSayers

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