I'm a sociolinguist at Cardiff University. My research focuses primarily on aspects of Language Variation and Change and involves the use of quantitative methods to analyse linguistic features to establish what affects their use.

I'm interested in the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence (in children and non-native speakers), the effect of language attitudes on language change, the processes of linguistic transmission and change, World Englishes, Welsh English, Scots and a whole lot more.

It's not really obvious when I speak in English (I've still got a very American accent), but I'm actually fully bilingual in French and English (and near native-like in Italian).