The Dialects of England / Edition 2

The Dialects of England / Edition 2

by Peter Trudgill
ISBN-10:
0631218157
ISBN-13:
9780631218159
Pub. Date:
01/21/2000
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
0631218157
ISBN-13:
9780631218159
Pub. Date:
01/21/2000
Publisher:
Wiley
The Dialects of England / Edition 2

The Dialects of England / Edition 2

by Peter Trudgill

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Overview

This text celebrates the rich variety of regional and social dialects of English in all its forms, ancient and modern.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780631218159
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 01/21/2000
Edition description: 2ND, REVISED
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Peter Trudgill is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. His interest in dialects extends throughout the English-speaking world and he is author of Accent, Dialect and the School, Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, and many other books on dialectology. He is editor of the Blackwell series 'Language in Society'.

Table of Contents

List of Maps.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Acknowledgements.

1. Language Variety in England.

2. The Pronunciation of Traditional Dialects.

3. The Pronunciation of Modern Dialects.

4. The Grammar of English Dialects.

5. Dialect Words.

Notes.

Sources and Further Reading.

Index.

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