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Doric : the dialect of North-East Scotland /
The dialect of North-East Scotland, one of the most distinctive and best preserved in the country, survives as both a proudly maintained mark of local identity and the vehicle for a remarkable regional literature. The present study, after placing the dialect in its historical, geographical and socia...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2002.
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| Colección: | Varieties of English around the world. Text series ;
v. T8. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The dialect of North-East Scotland, one of the most distinctive and best preserved in the country, survives as both a proudly maintained mark of local identity and the vehicle for a remarkable regional literature. The present study, after placing the dialect in its historical, geographical and social context, discusses in some detail a selection of previous accounts of its distinctive characteristics of phonology and grammar, showing that its shibboleths have been well recognised, and have remained consistent, over a long period. Passages of recorded speech are then examined, with extensive u. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (219 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027297174 9027297177 9789027247179 902724717X 9781588111302 158811130X 1282161695 9781282161696 |
| ISSN: | 0172-7362 ; |