Dialect' and 'Accent' in Industrial West Yorkshire.

This volume is concerned with one of the few thorough-going Labovian studies carried out in Britain. Based on a survey of over hundred randomly selected informants from the towns of Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield, it deals first with the methodology employed, and then sketches some aspects of th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: John Benjamins Pub. Co. 1985.
Colección:Varieties of English around the world. General series ; 6.
Temas:
English language > Dialects > England > West Yorkshire.
English language > England > West Yorkshire > Accents and accentuation.
English language > Social aspects > England > West Yorkshire.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Angleterre > West Yorkshire.
English language > Accents and accentuation
English language > Dialects
English language > Social aspects
Language and languages
West Yorkshire (England) > Languages.
West Yorkshire (Angleterre) > Langues.
England > West Yorkshire
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • DIALECT AND ACCENT IN INDUSTRIAL WEST YORKSHIRE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; THE AREA; CHAPTER ONE. DIALECT STUDIES OF WEST YORKSHIRE; CHAPTER TWO. METHODOLOGICAL MATTERS; 1 SAMELES AND SURVEYS; 2 SOCIAL CLASS; 3 VARIATION; 4 STYLE; CHAPTER THREE. THE WEST YORKSHIRE SAMPLE; 1 SAMPLING METHOD; 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE; CHAPTER FOUR. THE FIELDWORK AND ANALYSIS; 1 FIELDWORK; 2 ANALYSIS; 3 INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER FIVE. THE TRADITIONAL DIALECT OF THE AREA; The Bradford Vowel System; The Huddersfield Vowel System; Summary.

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