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The Southwest of England.

The volume consists of a substantial introduction, providing a geographical and historical outline of the area, an account of the origin of the area, an account of the origin of present-day southwestern speech varieties and a synopsis of their main features. This is followed by texts of three main t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: John Benjamins Pub. Co. 1986.
Colección:Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The volume consists of a substantial introduction, providing a geographical and historical outline of the area, an account of the origin of the area, an account of the origin of present-day southwestern speech varieties and a synopsis of their main features. This is followed by texts of three main types: brief selections from 17th to 19th century dialect writers, aimed at depicting characteristics of southwestern speech; longer 20th century texts - verse, dialogue in novels; transcripts from tapes from 1950 onwards of speakers of different ages and social backgrounds. A part of each transcript is also provided in phonetic notation.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (243 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9786613358943
6613358940
1283358948
9781283358941
9789027279125
9027279128
ISSN:0172-7362 ;