Paul Cooper

List of John Benjamins publications for which Paul Cooper plays a role.

Articles

Scouse and Scousers are highly recognisable within the UK, with research revealing longstanding associations with white, urban, working-class male speakers. However, Scouse identity is increasingly associated with a feminine persona: the Scouse bird. Research thus far focuses on recognisable… read more
Beal, Joan C. and Paul Cooper 2015 The enregisterment of Northern EnglishResearching Northern English, Hickey, Raymond (ed.), pp. 27–50 | Article
In this chapter, we discuss the processes whereby northern varieties of English became recognised and evaluated as distinct from others. The theoretical framework for the chapter will be that of indexicality and enregisterment, the latter term defined by Agha as a set of “processes through which a… read more