Studies in linguistic geography : the dialects of English in Britain and Ireland

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Studies in linguistic geography : the dialects of English in Britain and Ireland

edited by John M. Kirk, Stewart Sanderson, and J.D.A. Widdowson

Croom Helm, c1985

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction : principles and practice in linguistic geography / John M. Kirk, Stewart F. Sanderson, J.D.A. Widdowson
  • Linguistic geography in England : progress and prospects / Stewart F. Sanderson and J.D.A. Widdowson
  • On producing a linguistic atlas : the survey of Anglo -Welsh dialects / David Parry
  • The tape-recorded survey of Hiberno-English speech : a reappraisal of the techniques of traditional dialect geography / G.B. Adams, M.V. Barry, and P.M. Tilling
  • Linguistic atlases and sociolinguistics / Paul A. Johnston, Jr
  • Linguistic atlases and dialectometry : the survey of English dialects / Wolfgang Viereck
  • Linguistic atlases and generative phonology / Beat Glauser
  • Linguistic atlases and grammar : the investigation and description of regional variation in English syntax / John M. Kirk
  • Linguistic atlases and vocabulary : the linguistic survey of Anglo-Irish / P.L. Henry
  • Linguistic maps : visual aid or abstract art? / R.K.S. Macauley

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The essays in this volume describe some of the problems that bedevil the study of dialect and the methodological solutions employed to minimize them. They also survey the contributions that linguistic cartography can make to the study of English and the of language in general.

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