The University of Cambridge have published the results of their study on accents and possible bias within the criminal ...

People "draw conclusions about everything" based on someone's accent, "and they do it really fast," says Dr Mary Robinson, a research associate in language variation and change at Newcastle University ...

In northern England ‘dinner’ is the word often used for a midday meal and ‘tea’ for an evening meal, but in southern England ‘tea’ is often a light afternoon meal and ‘dinner’ is ...

Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.

For Estonian speakers, the Finnish accent is the easiest to recognize. In contrast, accents such as Lithuanian and Danish ...

People "draw conclusions about everything" based on someone's accent, "and they do it really fast," says Dr Mary Robinson, a research associate in language variation and change at Newcastle ...