The Southwest of England / editor, Martyn F. Wakelin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wakelin, Martyn Francis.

Series:

Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; 5.

Varieties of English around the world. Text series, 0172-7362 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Dialects--England--West Country.

English language.

West Country (England)--Languages.

West Country (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume consists of a substantial introduction, providing a geographical and historical outline of the area, an account of the origin of the area, an account of the origin of present-day southwestern speech varieties and a synopsis of their main features. This is followed by texts of three main types: brief selections from 17th to 19th century dialect writers, aimed at depicting characteristics of southwestern speech; longer 20th century texts - verse, dialogue in novels; transcripts from tapes from 1950 onwards of speakers of different ages and social backgrounds. A part of each transcript is also provided in phonetic notation.

Contents:

THE SOUTHWEST OF ENGLAND; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; Table of contents; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. 1 'South-Western'; 1.2 Dialect speakers in the SW; 1.3 Present-day characteristics of SW England; 1.4 The early settlement of SW England; 1.5 English in the SW: the OE period; 1.6 English in the SW: the ME period; Synopsis of SW English; I. Phonology; 1. Short vowels; 2. Long vowels; 3. Diphthongs; 4. Consonants; II. Grammar; 1. Morphology; 2. Pronouns.; 2. Syntax; III. Lexis; THE TEXTS; 2.2 The written texts; 2. 3 The tape-recorded texts

2.4 Non-RSE and common dialectal / SW dialectal forms; 1. Phonetic reductions; 2.5 Symbols used in the transcriptions; THE TEXTS FROM CORNWALL; Phonological; NOTES; Phonological; NOTES; Phonological; Morphological; Empty forms; NOTES; Morphological and Syntactical; Syntactical; NOTES; THE TEXTS FROM DEVON; Phonological; NOTES; Empty forms; NOTES; THE TEXTS FROM SOMERSET; NOTES; THE TEXTS FROM DORSET; NOTES

III. The Hwomesteaď (1879) ; THE TEXTS FROM WILTSHIRE; NOTES; I. To tha Wase Countery Voke; II. Tha Wurkus van; NOTES; NOTES; THE TEXTS FROM BRISTOL AND AVON; Morphological and Syntactical; Notes; THE TEXTS FROM WEST HAMPSHIRE; NOTES; GLOSSARY; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUPPLEMENTARY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-35894-8

9786613358943

90-272-7912-8

OCLC:

778617870