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Title Focus on England and Wales / edited by Wolfgang Viereck.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamin Pub. Co., 1985.

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Description 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Varieties of English around the world. General series, 0172-7362 ; v. 4
Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 4. 0172-7362
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents FOCUS ON: ENGLAND AND WALES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; The voicing of initial fricatives in Middle English*; References; Sociolinguistic aspectsof place-names: Ethnic affiliation and the pronunciation of Welsh in the Welsh capital; The study; Dimension A; Dimension B; Dimension C; Conclusions; References; The sound system of a West Midland dialect: Kniveton, Derbyshire; Appendix A; References; Spatial aspectsof linguistic change in Surrey, Kent and Sussex; References.
Researchon non-standard dialects of British English: Progress and prospects (1)1.0 Introduction; 2.0 Sources of information on non-standard grammar; 2.1 The main grammatical studies; 2.2 Other sources of grammatical data; 2.2.1 Phonological and lexical studies; 2.2.2 'Data-banks'; 2.2.3 Dialect literature; 2.2.4 Non-specialist accounts; 3.0 A survey of British geographical regions; 3.1 Scotland; 3.2 Northern England; 3.3 The Midlands and East Anglia; 3.4 The South; 3.5 Wales; 3.6 Ireland; 3.7 General works; 4.0 Features of dialect grammar: an overview; 4.1 Negation; 4.1.1 Multiple negation.
4.1.2 Auxiliaries4.1.3 AIN'T and some other forms of TO BE; 4.1.4 NEVER as past tense negative; 4.1.5 Negative scope; 4.1.6 Negative attraction; 4.2 Present tense verb forms; 4.2.1 Endings of the present tense; 4.2.2 TO BE; 4.2.3 TO DO/TO HAVE; 4.2.4 Present participle; 4.3 Past tense verb forms; 4.3.1 Irregular forms; 4.3.2 TO BE; 4.4 Modal auxiliaries; 4.5 Other verbal forms and constructions; 4.5.1 Imperative; 4.5.2 Infinitive; 4.5.3 Perfective aspect; 4.5.4 Habitual aspect; 4.5.5 Passive voice; 4.5.6 Other points; 4.6 Adverbs; 4.6.1 Without -ly; 4.6.2 Intensification; 4.6.3 Other points.
4.7 Prepositions4.8 Plural of nouns; 4.8.1 Unmarked plurality; 4.8.2 Irregular plurals; 4.9 Pronouns; 4.10 Demonstratives; 4.11 Comparison; 4.11.1 Distribution of the formation mechanisms; 4.11.2 Double comparison; 4.11.3 Other aspects of comparison; 4.12 Other aspects of grammar; 4.12.1 Articles; 4.12.2 Adjectives; 4.12.3 Conjunctions; 4.12.4 Genitive; 4.12.5 Emphasis; 4.12.6 Typical tags; 4.12.7 Style; 4.12.8 Final points; 5.0 Conclusions; 5.1 Theoretical implications of dialect research; 5.2 Educational implications of dialect research; 5.3 General conclusions; References.
Amn't I, or the hole in the patternReferences; He took the bottle and put 'n in his pocket: The object pronoun it in present-day Somerset; References; Tyneside syntax:A presentation of some datafrom the Tyneside Linguistic Survey; Introduction; The Sample; Conclusion; References; Use and non-use of prepositions in spatial expressions in the dialect of Cambridgeshire; Introduction; Expressions of motion or direction to or towards a goal; Expressions of motion or direction away from a point or place; Expressions of motion or direction away from a point or place.
Summary This volume is a wide-ranging study in dialectology. General surveys appear along with in-depth studies of particular problems. Some papers describe the present situation in terms of dynamic synchrony, others deal with the past and making use of present-day dialectal data to help solve certain problems and, finally, those that draw on the past to explain the present. Traditional dialectological methodology is presented here, as is modern quantificational and computative dialectology. Moreover, regional English and Welsh English are investigated on the phonological, morphological and syntactica.
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Subject English language -- Dialects -- England.
English language -- Dialects.
England.
English language -- Social aspects -- England.
English language -- Social aspects.
English language -- Dialects -- Wales.
Wales.
English language -- Social aspects -- Wales.
English language -- Variation -- England.
English language -- Variation.
English language -- Variation -- Wales.
England -- Languages.
Language and languages.
Wales -- Languages.
Indexed Term England Languages
English language Dialects England
English language Dialects Wales
English language Social aspects England
English language Social aspects Wales
English language Variation England
English language Variation Wales
Wales Languages
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Viereck, Wolfgang.
Other Form: Print version: Focus on England and Wales. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamin Pub. Co., 1985 9027248621 (DLC) 85005983 (OCoLC)11867738
ISBN 9789027279866 (electronic book)
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