The Southwest of England
| Author | : Martyn F. Wakelin |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 1986-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789027279125 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9027279128 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (128 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Southwest of England written by Martyn F. Wakelin and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 247 pages. 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.
