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Sheffield Voices
Introduction
This is the webpage for a collaborative project between members of the School of English at the University of Sheffield and the Sheffield Local Studies library concerning Sheffield voices
The main focus of the project is to explore the different voices of Sheffield people through time and find written examples of Sheffield voices in texts. This is done in order to explore how the speaker is represented and to understand how the Sheffield voice is perceivedNews
22/07/2011
The competition is now closed
22/09/10
To complete the set the teaching materials are now also available on the competition page
13/09/10
The competition rules and also entry forms are available to download
07/09/10
Details of our 'Sheffield Voices Now' poetry writing competition are available on the competition page. Relevant teaching materials to follow shortly
16/06/10
The Sheffield Star have an article covering our launch event on their website - Reight good study of Sheffield dialect
09/06/10
Today is the launch event for the Sheffield Voices project. Come down to the Local Studies library this evening for an informal discussion. The event runs from 18:30 till 19:30 and is free
21/04/2010
We will be holding a launch event for our project at the Sheffield Local Studies Library (first floor of the Central Library) on Wednesday the 9th of June 9th 6.30-7.30pm details to follow
15/03/2010
For a relaxed introduction to Sheffield dialect follow this link to an interview with local dialect professor John Widdowson
24/02/2010
Students from the Dialect in Literature module have begun searching for texts which depict speakers of Sheffield English. Any texts they find will go into our finding guide and will be turned into experimental hypertexts (a bit like a choose your own adventure book) by students from the Hypertext module.