Multicultural London English: a dialect emerged from immigration

Abstract

Nowadays, London has become one of the cities with the highest level of immigration. People from many parts of the world have arrived to the last few years to London seeking new opportunities and enriching this city with a large diversity of cultures and lifestyles. That diversity of cultures has brought along many languages that have come into contact influencing each others and, overall, influencing the English language in London. In this paper, we will see which are the cultures and languages that influence the English of London the most and how this diversity of cultures and languages living and spreading throughout London, influence the native language of the city, creating a new dialect.