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English Accents and Dialects - An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition (Hardcover, 5th edition)
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English Accents and Dialects - An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition (Hardcover, 5th edition)
Series: The English Language Series
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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, Carlisle,
Middlesbrough, Southampton, London West Indian, Lancashire and the
Shetlands 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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