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Dialects introduces the many dialects of English spoken in the United Kingdom and reveals the key issues that dialectology engages with.



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' ...Trudgill successfully distills the relatively complex field of dialectology down to the bare minimum for beginners.' - Linguist List



Table of Contents

How to Use This Book. 1. Studying English Dialects 2. Posh and Less Posh Dialects 3. English in Many Shapes and Forms 4. Dialects – The Old and the New 5. Dialect Maps 6. What Dialect Maps Can Tell Us 7. How Dialect Boundaries Get to be Where They Are 8. Spot Your Dialect Area 9. Present Tense Verbs 10. Different Dialects, Different Grammar 11. Dialect Grammar – The Old and the New 12. Overdoing Things. Further Reading

Dialects Language Workbooks

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 7/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780415342636
      978-0415342636
      ISBN-10 0415342635
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Dialect, slang and jargon

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Dialects introduces the many dialects of English spoken in the United Kingdom and reveals the key issues that dialectology engages with.



      Trade Review

      ' ...Trudgill successfully distills the relatively complex field of dialectology down to the bare minimum for beginners.' - Linguist List



      Table of Contents

      How to Use This Book. 1. Studying English Dialects 2. Posh and Less Posh Dialects 3. English in Many Shapes and Forms 4. Dialects – The Old and the New 5. Dialect Maps 6. What Dialect Maps Can Tell Us 7. How Dialect Boundaries Get to be Where They Are 8. Spot Your Dialect Area 9. Present Tense Verbs 10. Different Dialects, Different Grammar 11. Dialect Grammar – The Old and the New 12. Overdoing Things. Further Reading

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