English Accents and Dialects - An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition (Hardcover, 5th edition)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The English Language Series
Release date:	September 2015
First published:	2012
Authors:	Arthur Hughes • Peter Trudgill • Dominic Watt
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	5th edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-12830-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Dialectology Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Slang & jargon Promotions
LSN:	1-138-12830-9
Barcode:	9781138128309

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