Perspectives on Northern Englishes / edited by Sylvie Hancil and Joan C. Beal.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hancil, Sylvie, editor.

Beal, Joan C., editor.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Northern British English ( 2014 : Rouen, France)

Series:

Topics in English linguistics ; Volume 96.

Topics in English Linguistics, 1434-3452 ; Volume 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Northern English has been the object of much attention linguistically over the last thirty years but scholars have had a tendency to focus on the phonology of the dialects and varieties encountered. The purpose of the present volume is to complement and enrich the existing studies by providing readers with a kaleidoscopic perspective, allowing for a holistic interpretation and understanding of Northern English. It includes studies not only on phonology but also on semantics, syntax and sociolinguistics from a synchronic and diachronic point of view, with a special emphasis on the process of enregisterment. The varieties covered include Scottish Standard English, Shetland and Northern Ireland as well as varieties from the North of England.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

List of contributors

List of figures and tables

1. Introduction

2. Northern English and enregisterment

3. Dickens and northern English: stereotyping and ‘authenticity’ reconsidered

4. The linguistic landscape of north-east England

5. Lenition and T-to-R are differently salient: the representation of competing realisations of /t/ in Liverpool English dialect literature

6. External and internal factors in a levelling process: Prevocalic (r) in Carlisle English

7. Scouse NURSE and northern happy: vowel change in Liverpool English

8. Are Scottish national identities reflected in the syntax of Scottish newspapers?

9. Final but in northern Englishes

10. Education, class and vernacular awareness on Tyneside

11. Changing domains of dialect use: A real-time study of Shetland schoolchildren

12. New perspectives on Scottish Standard English: Introducing the Scottish component of the International Corpus of English

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 10, 2017).

ISBN:

9783110448740

3110448742

OCLC:

999354133