A Gibraltar in the Making: Interview with Dr. Jennifer Ballantine Perera

Abstract

On 14-16 November 2016 Dr. Ballantine visited the University of Vigo to collaborate on our research project (FFI2014-53930-P) Variation in English Worldwide (ViEW; view0.webs.uvigo.es), particularly on the compilation of the Gibraltarian component of the International Corpus of English (ICE; ice-corpora.net/ice), which we have been appointed to compile. Through our work we have come to realize that it is not until you know Gibraltar from the inside that you start to understand and appreciate the complexity and richness and the Gibraltarian people and their identity. To know more about the history, culture, identity and language of Gibraltar, we asked Dr. Ballantine to answer a few questions for us, which she kindly accepted.