English Accents and Dialects
An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition
UK) Arthur Hughes (formerly of Reading University, Peter Trudgill, Dominic (University of York United Kingdom) Watt
Pocket
Engelsk
The English Language Series
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 224
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- Serienavn: The English Language Series
- EAN: 9781444121384
- Utgivelsesår: 2012
- Bidragsyter: Arthur Hughes (formerly of Reading University, UK); Trudgill, Peter; Watt, Dominic (University of York, United Kingdom)
629,-
English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides a detailed description of key features of Received Pronounciation (RP) as well as several major non-standard varieties of English.
Key features:
- main regional differences are followed by a survey of speech in over 20 areas of the UK and Ireland, audio samples of which are available to download at www.routledge.com/cw/hughes
- recent findings on London English, Aberdeen English and Liverpool English
- contains new entries on Hull, Manchester, Carlisle, Middlesbrough, Southampton, London West Indian, Lancashire and the Shetlands
- additional exercises with answers online accompany the new varieties
- clear maps throughout for locating particular accents and d