Linguistics experts are searching for folk from Norwich who took part in a seminal study in 1968, to learn about how their accents have changed since childhood.
The original survey of Norwich English (1971) by Professor Peter Trudgill is widely recognised as the UK's first major study of urban British English that systematically related linguistic variation and change to social factors such as class and gender.
Now, researchers led by the University of Leeds are revisiting the project to see how accents and dialects in Norwich have changed. They hope to re-record as many original participants as possible, focusing mainly on those who took part in the study as children in 1968 at the City of Norwich School. If you, or someone you know, took part, please visit the EAST (East Anglian Speech Tracking) Project website and fill in the 'I took part' form.
Dr Kerri-Ann Butcher, a Lecturer in English Language in the University of Leeds School of English
