Louisiana – A rich blend of Cajun, Creole, and Southern influences, the Louisiana accent is instantly recognizable. But as ...

I love accents. They’re a fascinating element in the human diversity stew, helping us identify where in the world a person comes from, right down to a specific region. England, for example, has a ...

Appalachian and Southern accents are fading from everyday speech as younger generations code-switch to sound more professional.

The way you talk says a lot about you — but what people think it says may not be true. While no accent is better than any other, people use accents as markers for identifying and stereotyping social ...

People who speak with accents perceived as ‘working-class’ including those from Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford and London risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime, and becoming ...

University of Essex provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents ...