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English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition
Arthur Hughes
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Description for English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition
Paperback. English Accents and Dialects provides a unique introductory guide to the regional and social varieties of English spoken in the UK and Ireland. Series: The English Language Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; CFFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 360.
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, ... Read more
- 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.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The English Language Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444121384
SKU
V9781444121384
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Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Arthur Hughes
DOMINIC WATT is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Speech Science at the University of York, UK. ARTHUR HUGHES taught Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading for 25 years, setting up and directing the Testing and Evaluation Unit. On sabbatical from Reading, he directed English language testing projects at Bosphorus University, Istanbul (1982-84) and in the Ministry of Secondary Education, ... Read more
Reviews for English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition
'This book really is a star. Written by people who really know how difficult it can be to pinpoint accents and dialects, this book provides maps and diagrams showing their locations, and differing phonological features of areas. The terminology is easily understood, so much so that it was a pleasure to read.' A reader from Essex (amazon.co.uk)