Joan Beal
Language and Region:
- provides an accessible guide to regional variation in English
- covers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialects
- examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry
- outlines the main linguistic characteristics of regional accents and dialects in terms of regional pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.
Affording hands-on practical experience of textual analysis, this book is essential reading for students of English language studies.
Acknowledgements Unit 1: Region, Nation, Locale Unit 2: Regional Language and its Uses Unit 3: Attitudes to Regional Language Unit 4: Recognising Accents Unit 5: Words and Things Unit 6: Regional Grammar Unit 7: Writing in Dialect Unit 8: Tools of the Trade
This indispensable guide to regional variation in the English language covers topical issues and examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry.
'This is an excellent book which should find a place in all introductory courses in which accents and dialects are a central concern.'- Randall Eggert, The Linguist List
Covers topical issues and examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry. This book outlines the linguistic characteristics of regional accents and dialects in terms of regional pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.
Language and Region:
- provides an accessible guide to regional variation in English
- covers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialects
- examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry
- outlines the main linguistic characteristics of regional accents and dialects in terms of regional pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.
Affording hands-on practical experience of textual analysis, this book is essential reading for students of English language studies.
Acknowledgements Unit 1: Region, Nation, Locale Unit 2: Regional Language and its Uses Unit 3: Attitudes to Regional Language Unit 4: Recognising Accents Unit 5: Words and Things Unit 6: Regional Grammar Unit 7: Writing in Dialect Unit 8: Tools of the Trade
'This is an excellent book which should find a place in all introductory courses in which accents and dialects are a central concern.' - Randall Eggert, The Linguist List
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This indispensable guide to regional variation in the English language covers topical issues and examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry. Ideal for students, it also benefits from an accompanying website.
