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Analysing examples from 18th century literary texts through to 21st
century social media, this is the first comprehensive collection to
explore dialect writing in the North of England. The book also
considers broad questions about dialect writing in general: What is
it? Who does it? What types of dialect writing exist? How can
linguists interpret it? Bringing together a wide range of
contributors, the book investigates everything from the cultural
positioning and impact of dialect writing to the mechanics of how
authors produce dialect spellings (and what this can tell us about
the structure of the dialects represented). The book features a
number of case studies, focusing on dialect writing from all over
the North of England, considering a wide range of types of text,
including dialect poetry, translations into dialect, letters,
tweets, direct speech in novels, humorous localised volumes,
written reports of conversations and cartoons in local newspapers.
The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are
among the most traditional varieties of 'English', exhibiting
features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they
were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have
encouraged the equation of speech with local identity. They have
all also been affected by contact with Gaelic, or Norse, or both.
In recent years, however, the decline of traditional industries has
been matched by the discovery of oil off their coasts, encouraging
in-migration of speakers of many varieties of English and other
languages. How well have these varieties maintained their
traditional natures at the start of the 21st century? Northern and
Insular Scots provides: * An approachable description of the
phonological, structural and lexical natures of these varieties * A
history of the varieties in relation to the areas in which they are
spoken * Examples of the language of native speakers * An annotated
bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised
works.
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New Zealand English (Hardcover, New)
Jennifer Hay, Margaret Maclagan, Elizabeth Gordon; Edited by Joan Beal, Patrick Honeybone, …
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R2,472
Discovery Miles 24 720
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English
as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the
youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only
variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its entire
history. It shares some features with other Southern Hemisphere
varieties of English such as Australian English and South African
English, but is also clearly distinct from these. For the past two
decades extensive research has focused on the evolution and ongoing
development of the variety. New Zealand English presents the
results of this research in an accessible way. Key Features *A
succinct but comprehensive account of the phonetic, phonological,
morphosyntactic, lexical and discourse features which are
characteristic of the dialect. *A discussion of the historical
development of New Zealand English. *A description of the current
social and regional variation within the variety. *An indication of
the areas where change is currently occurring. *Sample texts and an
annotated bibliography of relevant literature. There are also
several associated audio files, which provide examples of many of
the phenomena discussed: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/dialects/
The Scots dialects of northern Scotland, Orkney and Shetland are
among the most traditional varieties of 'English', exhibiting
features not current elsewhere for centuries. Until recently, they
were spoken in communities whose traditional occupations have
encouraged the equation of speech with local identity. They have
all also been affected by contact with Gaelic, or Norse, or both.
In recent years, however, the decline of traditional industries has
been matched by the discovery of oil off their coasts, encouraging
in-migration of speakers of many varieties of English and other
languages. How well have these varieties maintained their
traditional natures at the start of the 21st century? Northern and
Insular Scots provides: * An approachable description of the
phonological, structural and lexical natures of these varieties * A
history of the varieties in relation to the areas in which they are
spoken * Examples of the language of native speakers * An annotated
bibliography which points the reader towards more specialised
works.
Analysing examples from 18th century literary texts through to 21st
century social media, this is the first comprehensive collection to
explore dialect writing in the North of England. The book also
considers broad questions about dialect writing in general: What is
it? Who does it? What types of dialect writing exist? How can
linguists interpret it? Bringing together a wide range of
contributors, the book investigates everything from the cultural
positioning and impact of dialect writing to the mechanics of how
authors produce dialect spellings (and what this can tell us about
the structure of the dialects represented). The book features a
number of case studies, focusing on dialect writing from all over
the North of England, considering a wide range of types of text,
including dialect poetry, translations into dialect, letters,
tweets, direct speech in novels, humorous localised volumes,
written reports of conversations and cartoons in local newspapers.
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New Zealand English (Paperback)
Jennifer Hay, Margaret Maclagan, Elizabeth Gordon; Edited by Joan Beal, Patrick Honeybone, …
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R820
Discovery Miles 8 200
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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This book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English
as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the
youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only
variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its entire
history. It shares some features with other Southern Hemisphere
varieties of English such as Australian English and South African
English, but is also clearly distinct from these. For the past two
decades extensive research has focused on the evolution and ongoing
development of the variety. New Zealand English presents the
results of this research in an accessible way. Key Features *A
succinct but comprehensive account of the phonetic, phonological,
morphosyntactic, lexical and discourse features which are
characteristic of the dialect. *A discussion of the historical
development of New Zealand English. *A description of the current
social and regional variation within the variety. *An indication of
the areas where change is currently occurring. *Sample texts and an
annotated bibliography of relevant literature. There are also
several associated audio files, which provide examples of many of
the phenomena discussed: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/dialects/
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