The Southwest of England
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The Southwest of England
(Varieties of English around the world, . Text series ; v. 5)
Benjamins, 1986
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Bibliography: p. 220-229
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The volume consists of a substantial introduction, providing a geographical and historical outline of the area, an account of the origin of the area, an account of the origin of present-day southwestern speech varieties and a synopsis of their main features. This is followed by texts of three main types: brief selections from 17th to 19th century dialect writers, aimed at depicting characteristics of southwestern speech; longer 20th century texts - verse, dialogue in novels; transcripts from tapes from 1950 onwards of speakers of different ages and social backgrounds. A part of each transcript is also provided in phonetic notation.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgements
- 2. Preface
- 3. List of abbreviations
- 4. Introduction
- 5. The Texts
- 6. The Texts from Cornwall
- 7. The Texts from Devon
- 8. The Texts from Somerset
- 9. The Texts from Dorset
- 10. The Texts from Wiltshire
- 11. The Texts from Bristol and Avon
- 12. The Texts from West Hampshire
- 13. Glossary
- 14. Bibliography
- 15. Appendix I: St. Matthew's Gospel v. 1-16
- 16. Appendix II: Horace, Odes, Book I, ix
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