Ophelia Dodds
 
 
qualifications
 
2009 - Present:
 
Graduate Diploma in Sociolinguistics, Roehampton University, London.
 
1991-4:
 
BA Hons English Literature and Language, Queen Mary’s, London University.
 
 
 
 
Graduate Diploma in Sociolinguistics
Ophelia is currently studying Sociolinguistics at Roehampton University.
 
“Sociolinguistics is the study of language in its social contexts and the study of social life through linguistics” Coupland & Jaworksi, 1997
 
Projects include:
 
1. Features of Indian English in a business environment.
 
2. Study of the ethics of covert observation in mobile phone communication on commuter trains.
 
3. Study of address forms by age and gender in local shops.
 
4. Social networks in middle class Surrey.
 
5. Study of formal and informal language in Scots dialect.