Sociolinguistics reading group

Discussing:

Sebba, M. (2007). Spelling and society: The culture and politics of orthography around the world. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 2. Orthography as Social Practice, pp.26-57)

Ilbury, C. (2019). “Sassy Queens”: Stylistic orthographic variation in Twitter and the enregisterment of AAVE. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12366