English Accents and Dialects
An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition
5th Edition
Published on 27. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4441-2138-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'This book really is a star. Written by people who really know how difficult it can be to pinpoint accents and dialects, this book provides maps and diagrams showing their locations, and differing phonological features of areas. The terminology is easily understood, so much so that it was a pleasure to read.' A reader from Essex (amazon.co.uk)More details
Series
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
17 figures, 26 maps
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4441-2138-4 (9781444121384)
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Persons
DOMINIC WATT is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Speech Science at the University of York, UK.
ARTHUR HUGHES taught Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading for 25 years, setting up and directing the Testing and Evaluation Unit. On sabbatical from Reading, he directed English language testing projects at Bosphorus University, Istanbul (1982-84) and in the Ministry of Secondary Education, Morocco (1992-93). He was joint founder-editor of the international journal Language Testing, has published widely in the field of testing and has carried out consultancies in the UK and in several countries overseas. His book, Testing for Language Teachers, now in its second edition, was first published in 1989 and continues to be a bestseller. Though now retired, Arthur continues to write and act as a consultant.
PETER TRUDGILL is Adjunct Prof. of Socio-Linguistics at Agder University, Norway, Adjunct Professor, RCLT, La Trobe University, Australia, Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics, Fribourg University, Switzerland, Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics, UEA, Norwich, UK
ARTHUR HUGHES taught Applied Linguistics at the University of Reading for 25 years, setting up and directing the Testing and Evaluation Unit. On sabbatical from Reading, he directed English language testing projects at Bosphorus University, Istanbul (1982-84) and in the Ministry of Secondary Education, Morocco (1992-93). He was joint founder-editor of the international journal Language Testing, has published widely in the field of testing and has carried out consultancies in the UK and in several countries overseas. His book, Testing for Language Teachers, now in its second edition, was first published in 1989 and continues to be a bestseller. Though now retired, Arthur continues to write and act as a consultant.
PETER TRUDGILL is Adjunct Prof. of Socio-Linguistics at Agder University, Norway, Adjunct Professor, RCLT, La Trobe University, Australia, Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics, Fribourg University, Switzerland, Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics, UEA, Norwich, UK
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Word list
List of online recordings
IPA chart
Chapter 1: Variation in English
Chapter 2: Dialect variation
Chapter 3: Received Pronunciation
Chapter 4: Regional Accent variation
Chapter 5: British Isles accents and dialects:
London Cockney
London West Indian
Norwich
Bristol
Southampton
South Wales
West Midlands
Leicester
Bradford
Liverpool
Hull
Manchester
Middlesbrough
Carlisle
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Belfast
Dublin
Galway
Devon
Lancashire
Northumberland
Lowland Scots
Shetland Isles
Suggestions for using the book
Further reading
References
Index
Acknowledgements
Word list
List of online recordings
IPA chart
Chapter 1: Variation in English
Chapter 2: Dialect variation
Chapter 3: Received Pronunciation
Chapter 4: Regional Accent variation
Chapter 5: British Isles accents and dialects:
London Cockney
London West Indian
Norwich
Bristol
Southampton
South Wales
West Midlands
Leicester
Bradford
Liverpool
Hull
Manchester
Middlesbrough
Carlisle
Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Belfast
Dublin
Galway
Devon
Lancashire
Northumberland
Lowland Scots
Shetland Isles
Suggestions for using the book
Further reading
References
Index