Author

Publication

1982 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Language

English

Word Count

168,250 words, Guess

Page Count

673 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveaccentsofenglish0000well
  • ISBN-139780521242257
  • ISBN-139780521285414
  • ISBN-100521242258
  • ISBN-100521285410
and 5 more
  • Goodreads5957649
  • LibraryThing1133701
  • Better World Books9780521285414
  • Better World Books9780521242257
  • Open LibraryOL16308828M

Classifications

  • DDC421.5/2
  • LCCPE1137

Description

Accents of English is about the way English is pronounced by different people in diffeent places. Volume I provides a synthesizing introduction, which shows how accents vary not only geographically, but also with social class, formality, sex and age; and in volumes 2 and 3 the author examines in greater depth the various accents used by people who speak English as their mother tongue: the accents of the regions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland (volume 2), and of the USA, Canada, and West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Black Africa and the Far East (volume 3). Each volume can be read independently, and together they form a major scholarly survey of considerable originality, which not only includes descriptions of hitherto neglected accents, but also examines the implications for phonological theory. -- Publisher description.

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  • Accents of EnglishCambridge University Press1982

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