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West Midlands English : Birmingham and the Black Country / Urszula Clark and Esther Asprey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Urszula.
- Series:
- Dialects of English
- Dialects of English Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Dialects--England--Birmingham.
- English language.
- English language--Dialects--England--Black Country.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 170 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Birmingham and the Black Country
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume focuses on the closely allied yet differing linguistic varieties of Birmingham and its immediate neighbour to the west, the industrial heartland of the Black Country. Both of these areas rose to economic prominence and success during the Industrial Revolution, and both have suffered economically and socially as a result of post-war industrial decline. The industrial heritage of both areas has meant that tight knit and socially homogeneous individual areas in each region have demonstrated in many respects little linguistic change over time, and have continued to exhibit linguistic features, especially morphological constructions, peculiar to these areas or now restricted to these areas. At the same time, immigration from other areas of the British Isles over time, from Commonwealth countries and later from EU member states, together with increased social mobility, have meant that newly developing structures and more widespread UK linguistic phenomena have spread into these varieties. This volume provides a clear description of the structure of the linguistic varieties spoken in the two areas.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Geography, Demography, Culture and Research Design
- 2 Phonetics and Phonology
- 3 Grammar
- 4 Lexis
- 5 Survey of Previous Works and Bibliography
- 6 Annotated Texts
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780748685820
- 0748685820
- 9780748693900
- 0748693904
- 9781322981437
- 1322981434
- 9780748685806
- 0748685804
- OCLC:
- 1301546837
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