Author : Martyn F. Wakelin
Release : 1986-01-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 128/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Southwest of England by : Martyn F. Wakelin
Download or read book The Southwest of England written by Martyn F. Wakelin. This book was released on 1986-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.