Description
| Product ID: | 9781444121384 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The English Language Series |
| Title: | English Accents and Dialects |
| Subtitle: | An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition |
| Authors: | Author: Dominic Watt, UKformerly of Reading University, Peter Trudgill |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Dialect, slang and jargon, Dialect, slang & jargon, United Kingdom, Great Britain, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating English Accents and Dialects provides a unique introductory guide to the regional and social varieties of English spoken in the UK and Ireland. 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.
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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-04-27 |
