Dr John Bellamy
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
My profile
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and a member of both the Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics and the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies. I am particularly interested in sociolinguistic approaches to identity, heritage, multilingualism, ideologies and linguistic practices of young people.
My current research focuses on the following areas:
- Implications of linguistic prejudice in the youth justice system
- Youth language(s) and Children’s Sociolinguistics, including intersections with music
- Language standardization
- Language of coal miners and mining communities
Research outputs
Monographs
Bellamy, J. (2012). Language Attitudes in England and Austria: A Sociolinguistic Investigation Into Perceptions of High and Low-prestige Varieties in Manchester and Vienna. Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner.
Edited volumes
Ayres-Bennett, W. and J. Bellamy (eds) (2021). The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Journal articles
Bellamy, J. and K. Horner (2018). ‘Ein Mischmasch aus Deutsch und Französisch: Ideological tensions in young people’s discursive constructions of Luxembourgish’. Sociolinguistic Studies 12(3-4). 323-343.
Book chapters
Bellamy, J. (2022). ‘Discourse analysis of spoken interaction’. In: Kircher, R. and L. Zipp (eds) Research Methods in Language Attitudes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 51-65.
Bellamy, J. (2021). ‘Contemporary Perspectives on Language Standardization: The Role of Digital and Online Technologies’. In: Ayres-Bennett, W. and J. Bellamy (eds) (2021). The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 691-712.
Ayres-Bennett, W. and J. Bellamy (2021). ‘Introduction’. In: Ayres-Bennett, W. and J. Bellamy (eds) (2021). The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1-24.
Ayres-Bennett, W., Bellamy, J., Krogull, A., McLelland, N., Wu, J. and H. Zhao (2019). ‘Standard Languages, Norms and Variation: New Perspectives within a Multilingual Research Project’. In: Schoonheim T. and J. van Hoorde (eds) Language Variation. A Factor of Increasing Complexity and a Challenge for Language Policy Within Europe. Amsterdam: EFNIL. 67–81
Horner, K. and J. Bellamy (2018). ‘Ich wollte gerne mal Englisch: Language in education policy and social inequality in globalising Luxembourg’. In: Dannerer, M. and P. Mauser (eds) Formen der Mehrsprachigkeit: Sprachen und Varietäten in sekundären und tertiären Bildungskontexten/Forms of Multilingualism: Languages and Varieties in Secondary and Tertiary Education. Tübingen: Stauffenburg Verlag. 163-179.
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/Frankfurt-am-Main: Peter Lang. 185-211.
Horner, K. and J. Bellamy (2016). ‘Beyond the micro-macro interface in language and identity research’. In: Preece S. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. London/New York: Routledge.
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Books (authored/edited/special issues)
Ayres-Bennett, W., Bellamy, J. (2021) The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization (eds). Cambridge University Press.
Bellamy, J. (2012) Language Attitudes in England and Austria A Sociolinguistic Investigation Into Perceptions of High and Low-prestige Varieties in Manchester and Vienna. Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden gmbh.
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Chapters in books
Bellamy, J. (2022) 'Discourse analysis of spoken interaction.' In Kircher, R., Zipp, L. (ed.) Research Methods in Language Attitudes. Cambridge University Press, pp. 51-65.
Bellamy, J. (2021) 'Contemporary perspectives on language standardization: the role of digital and online technologies.' In Ayres-Bennett, W., Bellamy, J. (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization. Cambridge University Press, pp. 691-672.
Ayres-Bennett, W., Bellamy, J. (2021) 'Introduction.' Ayres-Bennett, W. and J. Bellamy (eds) The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization. Cambridge University Press,
Horner, K., Bellamy, J. (2018) 'Ich wollte gerne mal Englisch: Language in education policy and social inequality in globalising Luxembourg.' Dannerer, M. and P. Mauser (eds) Formen der Mehrsprachigkeit: Sprachen und Varietäten in sekundären und tertiären Bildungskontexten/Forms of Multilingualism: Languages and Varieties in Secondary and Tertiary Education. Stauffenburg Verlag,
Bellamy, J. (2016) 'Discussing Ruhrdeutsch: Attitudes towards Spoken German in the Ruhr Region.' Rutten, G. and K. Horner (eds). Metalinguistic Perspectives on Germanic Languages: European Case Studies from Past to Present. Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers,
Horner, K., Bellamy, J. (2016) 'Beyond the micro-macro interface in language and identity research.' Preece S. (ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Language and Identity. Routledge,
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Journal articles
Bellamy, J. (2024) 'Codification in the shadow of standards: ideologies in early nineteenth-century metalinguistic texts on Luxembourgish.' Language and History,
Bellamy, J., Horner, K. (2019) 'Ein Mischmasch aus Deutsch und Französisch: Ideological tensions in young people’s discursive constructions of Luxembourgish.' Sociolinguistic Studies, 12(3-4) pp. 323-343.
Bellamy, J. (2018) 'Book review: Prescription and tradition: establishing standards across time and space (multilingual matters 165).' Language & History, 61(3) pp. 132-134.