Paul Kerswill

Paul Kerswill, FBA, is a sociolinguist. Since 2012, he has been professor in the department of language and linguistic science at the University of York. After completing his undergraduate degree and doctorate at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, he was a research assistant from 1985 to 1986 at the University of Cambridge, before working as a lecturer at the University of Reading until his appointment in 2004 as a professor at Lancaster University.^[1][2]

Paul Kerswill FBA
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline	Linguist
Sub-discipline	Sociolinguistics
Institutions	Lancaster University University of York
Main interests	Language variation Multicultural London English
Website	www.york.ac.uk/language/people/academic-research/paul-kerswill/

Work

Kerswill has written several papers and done lectures, including a TED talk, on the subject of Multicultural London English, a sociolect spoken in London.^[3][4]

Honours

In July 2017, Kerswill was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.^[5]

Selected works

• (Co-edited with P. Auer and F. Hinskens) Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European languages (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).
• (Co-edited with R. Wodak and B. Johnstone) The SAGE handbook of Sociolinguistics (London: SAGE Publications, 2010).

References

1. "Paul Kerswill", University of York. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
2. "Professor Paul Kerswill", British Academy. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
3. Hill, Dave (6 February 2013). "The real roots of multicultural London English". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
4. "Paul Kerswill's Multicultural London English page". York University. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
5. "Elections to the British Academy celebrate the diversity of UK research", British Academy, 5 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.