{"product_id":"english-accents-and-dialects-9781444121384","title":"English Accents and Dialects","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish Accents and Dialects\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003emain 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003erecent findings on London English, Aberdeen English and Liverpool English\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003econtains new entries on Hull, Manchester, Carlisle, Middlesbrough, Southampton, London West Indian, Lancashire and the Shetlands\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eadditional exercises with answers online accompany the new varieties \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eclear maps throughout for locating particular accents and dialects. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWord list\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eList of online recordings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIPA chart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Variation in English\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Dialect variation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Received Pronunciation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: Regional Accent variation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: British Isles accents and dialects:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e London Cockney \u003cbr\u003e London West Indian \u003cbr\u003e Norwich \u003cbr\u003e Bristol \u003cbr\u003e Southampton \u003cbr\u003e South Wales \u003cbr\u003e West Midlands \u003cbr\u003e Leicester \u003cbr\u003e Bradford \u003cbr\u003e Liverpool \u003cbr\u003e Hull \u003cbr\u003e Manchester \u003cbr\u003e Middlesbrough \u003cbr\u003e Carlisle \u003cbr\u003e Edinburgh \u003cbr\u003e Aberdeen \u003cbr\u003e Belfast \u003cbr\u003e Dublin \u003cbr\u003e Galway \u003cbr\u003e Devon \u003cbr\u003e Lancashire \u003cbr\u003e Northumberland \u003cbr\u003e Lowland Scots \u003cbr\u003e Shetland Isles \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuggestions for using the book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther reading\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019848581463,"sku":"9781444121384","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/english-accents-and-dialects-9781444121384","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}