English accents & dialects

Author(s)

• Hughes, Arthur
• Trudgill, Peter
• Watt, Dominic

Bibliographic Information

English accents & dialects

Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill, Dominic Watt

Routledge, 2015

5th ed

• : hardback

Other Title

English accents & dialects : an introduction to social and regional varieties of English in the British Isles

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index

"Published 2013 by Routledge ... First issued in hardback 2015"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 dialects. This combination of reference manual and practical guide makes this fifth edition of English Accents and Dialects a highly useful resource providing a comprehensive and contemporary coverage of speech in the UK and Ireland today.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Word list List of online recordings IPA chart Chapter 1: Variation in English Chapter 2: Dialect variation Chapter 3: Received Pronunciation Chapter 4: Regional Accent variation Chapter 5: British Isles accents and dialects: London Cockney London West Indian Norwich Bristol Southampton South Wales West Midlands Leicester Bradford Liverpool Hull Manchester Middlesbrough Carlisle Edinburgh Aberdeen Belfast Dublin Galway Devon Lancashire Northumberland Lowland Scots Shetland Isles Suggestions for using the book Further reading References Index

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Details

• NCID: BC10845305
• ISBN:
  • 9781138128309
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Abingdon
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 207 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 427.941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : English language -- Variation -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : English language -- Social aspects -- Great Britain