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How language shapes our identity

Sociolinguist Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner on the relationship between language and identity.


The way we speak and write is a major part of our identity. In this talk sociolinguist Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner explores what dialects tell us about our social networks, whether alphabets really mean anything, and why youth speak is not all that terrible.


Speaker(s):

Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner | talks

 

Date and Time:

25 October 2014 at 2:30 pm

Duration:

1 hour

 

Venue:

The Faculty of Law
10 West Rd
Cambridge
CB3 9DZ


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Organised by:

Cambridge Festival of Ideas
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Tickets:

Free

Available from:

Pre-book online at www.festivalofideas.cam.ac.uk or call 01223 766766
Booking opens 22 September

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