Lynne Murphy is a professor of linguistics at the University of Sussex. Born and raised in New York State, she studied linguistics at the Universities of Massachusetts and Illinois, before starting her academic career in South Africa and Texas. Since 2000, she has lived in Brighton, England.
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'If Shakespeare were alive today, he'd sound like an American.' 'English accents are the sexiest.' 'Americans have ruined the English language.' 'Technology means everyone will have to speak the same English.' Such claims about... SEE MORE