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English Accents and Dialects

By Peter Arthur Hughes

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English Accents and Dialects

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
5
Number of Pages:
226
Release Date:
2012-04-27
Publication Date:
2012-04-27
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1444121383
ISBN13:
9781444121384
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
351 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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