An Introduction to Regional Englishes : : Dialect Variation in England / / Joan Beal.
Are the dialects of England disappearing in the wake of globalisation and 'Estuary English', or are geographical differences as strong as ever? Joan Beal looks at recent research into regional variation in England, discusses the evidence for 'dialect levelling' and argues that, d...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language : ETELA
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (136 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Map of locations mentioned in this book
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Accent variation in England
- 3 Dialect variation in England: morphology and syntax
- 4 Dialect variation in England: lexis
- 5 Levelling and diffusion
- 6 Variation and identity
- References
- Index