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English Accents and Dialects is a unique introductory survey of the main regional and social varieties of English spoken in the British Isles. The authors discuss accent and dialect in the broader framework of language variation, including phonetic, phonological, grammatical, lexical,... read more
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Setting & Locations edit
- Rp
- England
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- London
- South Wales
- Tyneside
- Glasgow
- Bristol
- Edinburgh
- Britain
- Dublin
- West Midlands
- Belfast
- Walsall
- Norwich
- East Anglia
- Dartmoor
- Leicester
- Bradford
- Uk
- Republic Of Ireland
- Merseyside
- Birmingham
- Northumberland
- Aberdeen
- Oxford
- Devon
First Sentence edit
When foreign learners of English first come to the British Isles, they are usually surprised (and dismayed) to discover how little they understand of the English they hear.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Arthur Hughes (Author)
- Peter Trudgill (Author)
- Dominic Watt (Editor)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 427.941
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