Research Fellow,                                                                                  s.p.fox@qmul.ac.uk

Queen Mary, University of London                                                 Office: +44 (0)20 7882 7579

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EDUCATION

2007      Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics (University of Essex) 

Thesis title: The Demise of Cockneys? Language Change in London’s ‘Traditional’ East End

1999      B.A. (Hons). 1^st Class. Linguistics and Literature (University of East London)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 2005-present       Research Fellow in Sociolinguistics

                                School of Languages Linguistics and Film

                                Queen Mary University of London

2009-2010            Undergraduate course organiser: English as a Global Language

                                Queen Mary University of London

2008-2009            Undergraduate course organiser: Sociolinguistics; English as a Global Language

                                MA lectures: Research Methods; Colonialism

                                Queen Mary University of London

2007-2008            Undergraduate course organiser: English as a Global Language

                                MA lectures: Research Methods; Colonialism

                                Queen Mary University of London

2006-2007            Undergraduate lectures: Sociolinguistics

                                MA lectures: Research Methods

                                Queen Mary University of London

2005-2006            MA lectures: Research Methods

                                Queen Mary University of London

2004                       Undergraduate lectures: Sociolinguistics

                                University of Essex

2004                       Undergraduate lectures: The Nature of Language

                                University of East London

2002                       Assistant lecturer MA: Sociolinguistics

                                University of Essex

2002                       Course organiser: DTEFL Sociolinguistics module

                                ELT Centre, University of Essex 

2002                       Guest lectures on Cockney/Estuary English

                                University of East London

2001                       Course organiser: DTEFL Sociolinguistics module

                                ELT Centre, University of Essex

2001                       Undergraduate course organiser: English for Law

                                University of East London

2001                       Guest lectures on Cockney/Estuary English

                                University of East London

Other Teaching

2006                       Joint course co-ordinator for one week residential course on Language Change for

‘Gifted and Talented’ A-Level English Language students.

Villiers Park Educational Trust, Cambridge

2001-2005            ESOL and EFL lecturer. All levels of English taught from Beginners to Cambridge

Certificate of Proficiency.

Redbridge College of Further Education.

GRANTS AWARDED

 2008      British Academy Overseas Conference Grant

2000      ESRC 3-year Ph.D. studentship

 1999      University of Essex, 1-year studentship

EXTERNAL PROJECT FUNDING

2010       ESRC Follow on Fund award: £96, 190. From Sociolinguistic Research to English Language

Teaching. PI: Cheshire, J. CI: Fox, S.

2007       Assisted in writing proposal for 3-year ESRC funded project Multicultural London English:

the emergence acquisition and diffusion of a new variety: £721,000. PI: Kerswill, P. CI:

Cheshire, J. RAs: Fox, S., Torgersen, E. and Khan, A.

OTHER FUNDING

2010       Queen Mary Prospects Fund: £10,000. Linguistic Research Collaboration Partnerships.

Fox, S., de Leeuw, E., and Cotter, C.

PUBLICATIONS

in press Fox, S. Performed narrative: the pragmatic function of this is + speaker

and other quotatives in London adolescent speech. In Ingrid van Alphen and Isabelle

Buchstaller (eds). Quotatives: Cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary perspectives.

Amsterdam: Benjamins.

in press Fox, S., Khan, A. and Torgersen, E. The emergence and diffusion of Multicultural

                English in London and Birmingham. In Friederike Kern and Margret Setling (eds.). Pan-

ethnic styles of speaking in European Metropolitan Cities. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

in press Fox, S. Cockney. In Alexander Bergs and Laurel Brinton (eds). Historical

                Linguistics of English: An International Handbook. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.

2011       Cheshire, J., Kerswill, P., Fox, S. and Torgersen, E. Contact, the feature pool and the speech

 community: The emergence of Multicultural  London English. Journal of

 Sociolinguistics 15(2): 1-46.

2011      Torgersen, E., Gabrielatos, C., Hoffmann, S. and Fox, S.

A corpus-based study of pragmatic markers in London English. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic

Theory. Special issue: Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistic Inquiry 7:1, 93-118.

2010       Gabrielatos, C., Torgersen, E., Hoffmann, S. and Fox, S.

Corpus-  Based Sociolinguistic Study of Indefinite Article Forms in London English. Journal

Of English Linguistics 38: 297-334.

2010       Fox, S. Ethnicity Religion and Practices: Adolescents in the East End of London. In

Carmen Llamas and Dominic Watt (eds). Language and Identities. Edinburgh: Edinburgh

University Press. 144-56.

2009       Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. New perspectives on was/were variation in London. Language

Variation and Change. 21:1, 1-38.

2009       Britain, D. and Fox, S. The Regularisation of the Hiatus Resolution System in British English:

                A Contact-Induced 'Vernacular Universal'? In M. Filppulu, J.Klemola and H. Paulasto (eds).

Vernacular Universals vs. Contact-Induced Change. Routledge: London. 177-206.

2008       Cheshire, J., Fox, S., Kerswill, P. and Torgersen, E. Ethnicity, friendship network and social practices as the motor of dialect change: Linguistic innovation in London. Sociolinguistica 22, 1-23.

2008       Kerswill, P., Torgersen, E. and Fox, S. Reversing “drift”: Innovation and diffusion in the London diphthong system. Language Variation and Change 20:3, 451-91.

2006       Torgersen, E., Kerswill, P. and Fox, S. Ethnicity as a source of changes in the London vowel

system. In F. Hinskens (ed.). Language Variation - European Perspectives. Selected Papers

from the Third International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE3),

Amsterdam, June 2005. Amsterdam, Benjamins. 249-63.

BOOK REVIEWS

2009       Review of Anne Pauwels, Joanne Winter and Joseph Lo Bianco (eds.) (2007). Maintaining

Minority Languages in Transnational Contexts. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Language

Policy 8:1, 81.

2009      Review of Sebastian Rasinger (2007). Bengali English in East London. Bern: Peter Lang.

    English World Wide 30:3, 350-54.

2008      Review of Donald Winford (2003). An Introduction to Contact Linguistics. Oxford:

Blackwell. Language Documentation and Conservation 2:2, 351-54

WORK IN PREPARATION

in preparation     Fox, S. The New Cockney: New Ethnicities and Adolescents’ Speech in the

              Traditional East End of London. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

in preparation     Cheshire, J., Adger, D., and Fox, S. Relative who and the actuation problem.

in preparation     Fox, S. The London quotatives system.

in preparation     Fox, S. and Torgersen, E. Shifting identities: children of immigrants in modern urban

settings    

CONFERENCE PAPERS

2011 From Sociolinguistic Research to English Language Teaching. Methods in Dialectology XIV, University

          of Western Ontario, September.

2011 Style shifting in a Nigerian family in London. The International Conference on

          Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE6), Freiburg, June.

2010  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. Linguistic Competition and Selection in London. Workshop:  Dialect

          and Social Change in Urban Diasporic Communities, Queen Mary University of London,

          London, July.

2009  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. Dialect contact versus group second language acquisition: developments

          in the relative marker system. NWAV 38, Ottawa, October.

2009  Fox, S. and Cheshire, J. Multiracial vernacular in London: Age-grading or language

change? UKLVC 7, Newcastle, September.

2009  Cheshire, J., Fox, S., Khan, A., Kerswill, P. and Torgersen, E. How data from

sociolinguistic studies can be used in materials for schools and colleges. BAAL, Newcastle, September.

2009  Fox, S. and Cheshire, J. Multiracial vernacular in London: Age-grading or language

change? The Third International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English

(ICLCE3), London, July.

2009  Fox, S. and Torgersen, E. The acquisition of Multicultural London English: a case study.

   The 5^th International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 5), Copenhagen,

   June.

2008  Fox, S. and Cheshire, J. Performed Narrative: The pragmatic function of ‘this is me’ and

   other quotatives in London adolescent speech. Symposium on Approaches to Variation and

   Change in English, Bamberg, July.

2008  Cheshire, J. and Fox. S. Performed Narrative: The pragmatic function of ‘this is me’ and

   other quotatives in London adolescent speech. Sociolinguistics Symposium 17, Amsterdam,

   April.

2008  Fox, S. Youth and Language in London’s East End: The role of Friendship Networks and

           Youth Culture. The Fifth International Conference on Youth Language, University of

           Copenhagen, March.

2008  Guzzo, S., Britain, D. and Fox, S. From L2 to ethnic dialect: hiatus resolution strategies

   in Bedford Italian English. International Conference on Global English, Verona, February.

2007  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. Innovation in the quotative system of adolescents in London: the

   emergence of this is me. NWAV 36, Philadelphia, October.

2007  Cheshire, J. and Fox. S. Contact-induced change? Variation in the use of the English relative

   clause among adolescents in London. International workshop on Morphosyntactic Variation and

   Change in Contact Settings, Paris, September.

2007  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. Relatives from the south. UKLVC 6, Lancaster, September.

2007  Cheshire, J. Fox, S., Kerswill, P. and Torgersen, E. Friendship and ethnicity in

   contemporary London English. The International Pragmatics Association, Gothenburg, July.

2007  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. This is me, this is him: Quotative use among adolescents in London.

   The Second International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English, Toulouse,

   July.

2007  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. ‘This is me’: An innovation in waiting and other quotative use among

   adolescents in London.The International Conference on Language Variation in Europe

  (ICLaVE4), Cyprus, June.

2007  Guzzo, S., Britain, D. and Fox, S. From L2 to ethnic dialect: hiatus resolution strategies across

          the generations in Bedford Italian English. The International Conference on Language Variation

          in Europe (ICLaVE4), Cyprus, June.

2007  Britain, D. and Fox, S. Allomorphic simplification and the regularisation of hiatus

   avoidance strategies in contact-induced Englishes. Paper presented at 15^th Manchester Phonology

   Meeting. Manchester, May.

2006  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. New Perspectives on was/were variation in London. Paper presented at

   NWAV 35, Columbus, Ohio, November.

2006  Kerswill, P., Torgersen, E. and Fox, S. Innovation in Inner London Teenage Speech. Paper

   presented at NWAV 35, Columbus, Ohio, November.

2006  Britain, D. and Fox, S. Vernacular universality, allomorphic simplification and language contact:

   the regularisation of hiatus avoidance strategies in English non-standard accents. Paper presented

   at World Englishes: Vernacular Universals vs. Contact-Induced Change. An International

   Symposium, Mekrijaûrvi, September.

2006  Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. A new look at was/were: the perspective from London. Paper presented

   at Sociolinguistics Symposium 16, Limerick, July.

2006  Fox, S. and Britain, D. There’s a odd thing going on: Investigating allomorphic variation in the

   English article system. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium, Limerick, July.

2006  Kerswill, P., Torgersen, E. and Fox, S. Endogenous linguistic change in inner-London teenage

   speech as the generator of innovations: Implications for models of innovation, levelling and

   diffusion. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium, Limerick, July.

2006  Fox, S. A New Sociolinguistic Variable? An investigation of Allomorphic Variation in the

   English Article System Among East London Adolescents. Paper presented at SociolinguistEssex

   XI, University of Essex, May.

2005  Fox, S., Rupp, L., Bray, M., Britain, D., Baker, S. and Spurling, J. An East Anglian Subject

   Rule? Paper presented at UKLVC 5, Aberdeen, September.

2003  Fox, S. Linguistic and Sociocultural Contact in London’s East End: The Bangladeshi

   Presence. Paper presented at The Consequences of Mobility: Linguistic and Sociocultural

   Contact Zones, Roskilde, May.

2001  Kingston, M., Britain, D., Fox, S. and Baker, S. Rules are made to be broken: some evidence for

   a Southern Subject Rule. Paper presented at SociolinguistEssex VI, University of Essex, June.

2000  Fox, S. ‘Estuary English’: Fact or Fiction? Paper presented at SociolinguistEssex V, University

          of Essex, June.

INVITED TALKS

2011      'The whites have become black? The linguistic consequences of post-war migration in London' 

                Cognitive Processes and Social Factors in Language Variation and Change, Bern University (16-17

                Sept)

2010       Guest Lectures (4). University of East London, December.

2010       General Linguistics Seminar Series, Centre of Linguistics and Philology, Oxford

University (15^th Nov)

2010      Dialect contact and language contact in London: The emergence of Multicultural London

    English. Linguistic Seminar Series. Dipartimento di Scienze Statische Dottorato in Lingua

    Inglese per Scopi Speciali, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy (25^th

    May)

2010      London as a source of Linguistic Innovation and Language Change. Linguistic Seminar Series.

    Dipartimento di Studi Americani, Culturali e Linguistici Settore Lingua e Linguistica Inglese,

    Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Naples, Italy (26^th May)

2010      The simultaneous effects of dialect contact and language contact in London. University of

Bern, Switzerland (3^rd May)

2009       Urban Sociolinguistic Fieldwork. Teaching Linguistic fieldwork and sustainability workshop,

SOAS, London (4^th Dec)

2009       Linguistic innovations and their diffusion: the role of Friendship Networks. Centre for

Research in English Language and Linguistics. Roehampton University, London (5^th Feb)

2008       Performed Narrative: The pragmatic function of ‘this is me’ and other quotatives in London

adolescent speech. Invitational Symposium on Approaches to Variation and Change in

English, University of Bamberg, Germany (21^st-23^rd July)

2007       Youth and Language in London’s East End: the role of Friendship Networks and Youth

Culture. Cass School of Education, University of East London, London (22^nd Nov)

2006       Fox, S. and Britain, D. Allomorphic simplification and the regularisation of hiatus avoidance

strategies in contact-induced Englishes. Seminar series, King’s College, London (13^th Dec)

FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE

2000  Sociolinguistic fieldwork. Basildon, Essex. Approximately one month.

2001-2002  Sociolinguistic fieldwork. London. Approximately nine months.

2005-2006 Sociolinguistic fieldwork. Two locations in London. Approximately one year.

2007-2008 Sociolinguistic fieldwork. London. Approximately one year.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Journal article referee

2011-present Lingua       

2010-present World Englishes

2010-present Language in Society

2009-present Language Variation and Change

2008-present Journal of Sociolinguistics

Conference abstract referee

ICLCE 2009; UKLVC 2009

Professional Memberships

British Association of Applied Linguistics (BAAL)

Linguistics Assocaition of Great Britain (LAGB)

IMPACT and KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

2009       Fox, S. Article on quotatives published in emagazine, a subscription magazine for A-Level

English teachers and students. London: English & Media Centre (September).

2009       Fox, S. Studying language change in progress. Workshop for A level students, St Francis

Xavier 6^th Form College, London, July.

2009       Fox, S. Multicultural London English: what is it? Talk presented at English language

Conference, St Francis Xavier 6^th Form College, London, February.

2009       Video and audio recording for A-Level video materials produced by Nelson Thornes for

examining body AQA.

2008       Language consultant for A-Level English textbook. Pearson Education.

2006       Cheshire, J. and Fox, S. Linguistic Innovators: changes in speech patterns among London

adolescents. Talk presented to English Language teachers and English Language school and

college principals at the Annual General Meeting of English UK, an organisation aimed ‘to

advance the education of international students in the English language’ and to promote the

teaching of the English language.

2006       Fox, S. Dialect change in London’s ‘traditional’ East End. Talk presented at the 2^nd English

Language Conference, St Francis Xavier College, London. The conference is aimed at A

Level English Language students from the south-east and introduces them to current research

in the topics covered by the syllabus.

2006       Course co-ordinator and joint tutor for one week residential course English Language:

Contemporary Dialect Change at Villiers Park Educational Trust. This course brought

together around 20 Gifted and Talented A Level students from across the country. Some were

already studying English language but for others it was an introduction. This intensive course

aimed to introduce the students to contemporary accents and dialects together with current

research on the topic, included a visit and lectures at Essex University, invited guest speakers,

fieldwork trips and culminated in the students producing and presenting results from a small

scale project.

CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

2001       SociolinguistEssex VI. Joint organiser of Sociolinguistics PG Conference.

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