English Accents and Dialects
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English Accents and Dialects

An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition

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English Accents and Dialects

An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition

About this book

English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides a detailed description of key features of Received Pronounciation (RP) as well as several major non-standard varieties of English.

Key features:

  • main regional differences are followed by a survey of speech in over 20 areas of the UK and Ireland, audio samples of which are available to download at www.routledge.com/cw/hughes
  • recent findings on London English, Aberdeen English and Liverpool English
  • contains new entries on Hull, Manchester, Carlisle, Middlesbrough, Southampton, London West Indian, Lancashire and the Shetlands
  • additional exercises with answers online accompany the new varieties
  • clear maps throughout for locating particular accents and dialects.

This combination of reference manual and practical guide makes this fifth edition of English Accents and Dialects a highly useful resource providing a comprehensive and contemporary coverage of speech in the UK and Ireland today.

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Index

  • /iː/, 43, 44, 48, 121, 125
  • /i/, 127, 137, 163
  • /ɪ/, 49, 51, 98, 127, 137, 138, 150, 163
    • and /i/, 48, 54, 62, 72, 75, 80, 83, 94, 97, 101, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 125, 129, 150, 153
  • /e/, 127, 128, 137, 138, 163
  • /ɛ/, 49, 105, 127, 137, 142, 159
  • [ɛː], 54, 82, 109, 121, 138
  • /a/, 49, 55, 60–61, 62, 63, 66, 71, 72, 75, 80, 83, 86, 87, 94, 97, 101, 104, 108, 112, 116, 119, 124, 128, 133, 137, 138, 141, 144, 150, 154, 155, 159, 161, 164
  • /aː/, 154
  • /ɑː/, 8, 43, 47, 49–50, 60–61, 63, 65, 66, 71, 72, 75, 80, 81, 83, 86, 91, 94, 97, 101, 104, 105, 108, 112, 116, 119, 124, 133, 137, 141, 144, 150, 154
  • [ɐ], 155, 165
  • /ɔː/, 40, 47, 50, 54, 65, 76, 85, 105, 108, 116, 138, 142, 154
    • and /ɔə/, 40, 50, 52, 105
    • and /ɒ/, 50, 66, 72, 85, 138
    • alternations with /ɔə/ and /ʊə/, 50, 52, 54, 76
  • /ɔu/, 105
  • /ɔ/...

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Other Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Wordlist
  10. List of Online Recordings
  11. IPA chart
  12. Variation in English
  13. Dialect Variation
  14. Received Pronunciation
  15. Regional Accent Variation
  16. British Isles Accents and Dialects
  17. Suggestions for using the book
  18. Further reading
  19. References
  20. Index