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Since completing his undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Manchester, John Bellamy has undertaken quantitative and qualitative research in Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and in the UK. He is particularly interested in perceptions towards speakers of different linguistic varieties and how these attitudes are shaped by language ideologies and wider discourses on language in society. His research also examines concepts surrounding standard/non-standard language and multilingualism.
Quantitative and qualitative research methods
Language standardization
Language and identity
Language ideologies
Language attitudes
Multilingualism and linguistic repertoire
Historical sociolinguistics
Language and identity in the Ruhr region of Germany (University of Duisburg-Essen, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD))
Multilingualism and the Voices of Young People in Luxembourg (Centre for Luxembourg Studies at the University of Sheffield)
Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS) (University of Cambridge)
Bellamy, J. [under review] ‘"Ein Remix-Deutsch". Reflections from young people of inner-city Dortmund on their linguistic repertoire and local language usage.’ Journal of Germanic Linguistics.
Bellamy, J. [2016] ‘Discussing Ruhrdeutsch: Attitudes towards Spoken German in the Ruhr Region.’ In: Rutten, G. and K. Horner (eds). Metalinguistic Perspectives on Germanic Languages: European Case Studies from Past to Present. Oxford: Peter Lang (Historical Sociolinguistics).
Horner, K. and J. Bellamy. 2016 ‘Beyond the micro-macro interface in language and identity research.’ In: Preece, S. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. Abingdon: Routledge.
Bellamy, J. 2012. Language Attitudes in England and Austria. A Sociolinguistic Investigation into Perceptions of High and Low-Prestige Varieties in Manchester and Vienna (Zeitschrift für Dialektologie und Linguistik Beihefte - Band 151). Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.
