Dialect' and 'Accent' in Industrial West Yorkshire.
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 th...
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| Language: | English |
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John Benjamins Pub. Co.
1985
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| Series: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ;
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Table of Contents:
- DIALECT AND ACCENT IN INDUSTRIAL WEST YORKSHIRE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; THE AREA; CHAPTER ONE. DIALECT STUDIES OF WEST YORKSHIRE; CHAPTER TWO. METHODOLOGICAL MATTERS; 1 SAMELES AND SURVEYS; 2 SOCIAL CLASS; 3 VARIATION; 4 STYLE; CHAPTER THREE. THE WEST YORKSHIRE SAMPLE; 1 SAMPLING METHOD; 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE; CHAPTER FOUR. THE FIELDWORK AND ANALYSIS; 1 FIELDWORK; 2 ANALYSIS; 3 INTERPRETATION; CHAPTER FIVE. THE TRADITIONAL DIALECT OF THE AREA; The Bradford Vowel System; The Huddersfield Vowel System; Summary.
