Dialect and accent in industrial West Yorkshire /
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| Author / Creator: | Petyt, K. M. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1985. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 6 Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 6. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11123261 |
| Summary: | This volume is concerned with one of the few thorough-going Labovian studies carried out in Britain. Based on a survey of over hundred randomly selected informants from the towns of Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield, it deals first with the methodology employed, and then sketches some aspects of the 'traditional' dialects of the area before describing a large number of variables. Other non-standard features encountered during the survey are described, since these too are part of the changing patterns of speech in West Yorkshire. The final chapter draws a distinction between 'dialect' and 'accent' which is slightly different from that generally employed, and suggests that while 'dialect' features seem to have declined under the pressure of the standard language, 'accent' still persists as a social differentiator. |
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| Item Description: | Abbreviated and slightly modified version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Reading, 1977. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-401). |
| ISBN: | 9789027279491 9027279497 9027248648 9789027248640 |