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Tony Thorne

Tony Thorne

Contributor to Alumni Blog

Biography

Tony Thorne is Director of the Slang and New Language Archive at King’s. He teaches about slang, and has published dictionaries and articles to record and analyse it. Since 2009, he has been assisting law enforcement agencies and defence lawyers in understanding slang.

News

Spotlight on COVID: Pandemic language and the role of linguists

Tony is compiling a database of the vast amount of new vocabulary which has emerged as a result of the pandemic, including popular slang words. He is studying...

Spotlight on COVID: Pandemic language and the role of linguists

Features

Is TikTok a breeding ground for a mutation of culture?

Do you know your cottagecore from your simp? Tony Thorne has been writing, teaching and broadcasting about new language and linguistic and cultural change for...

Tony Thorne Net gains

Alumni Voices: police and politicians need a better understanding of slang

Tony Thorne is Director of the Slang and New Language Archive at King’s. This post is based on an article that originally featured in The Conversation.

policeman via kings-church-international unsplash

Spotlight

Spotlight on COVID: Pandemic language and the role of linguists

Language Consultant Tony Thorne of the Modern Language Centre argues that the Government should be consulting linguists to help the public better understand...

spotlight-covid-1920

News

Spotlight on COVID: Pandemic language and the role of linguists

Tony is compiling a database of the vast amount of new vocabulary which has emerged as a result of the pandemic, including popular slang words. He is studying...

Spotlight on COVID: Pandemic language and the role of linguists

Features

Is TikTok a breeding ground for a mutation of culture?

Do you know your cottagecore from your simp? Tony Thorne has been writing, teaching and broadcasting about new language and linguistic and cultural change for...

Tony Thorne Net gains

Alumni Voices: police and politicians need a better understanding of slang

Tony Thorne is Director of the Slang and New Language Archive at King’s. This post is based on an article that originally featured in The Conversation.

policeman via kings-church-international unsplash

Spotlight

Spotlight on COVID: Pandemic language and the role of linguists

Language Consultant Tony Thorne of the Modern Language Centre argues that the Government should be consulting linguists to help the public better understand...

spotlight-covid-1920