Rachel Byrne
List of John Benjamins publications in which Rachel Byrne is involved.
Articles
2025 Pink rollers and fake tan: Counterhegemonic gender identity in the enregisterment of the Scouse bird persona Journal of Language and Pop Culture 1:1, pp. 50–72 | Article
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
2021 Chapter 7. “I’m dead posh in school”: Attitudes and linguistic behaviour of Merseyside adolescents Language Variation – European Perspectives VIII: Selected papers from the Tenth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 10), Leeuwarden, June 2019, Van de Velde, Hans, Nanna Haug Hilton and Remco Knooihuizen (eds.), pp. 161–180 | Chapter
Liverpool English, or “Scouse”, is a dialect often used by speakers in Merseyside. This study involves the use of word-list elicitation and semi-structured group interviews with adolescents from two schools in Merseyside: one in Liverpool, and one on the Wirral. Analysis of the elicited vowels… read more