Accents of English: Volume 1Cambridge University Press, 1982 M04 8 - 673 pages 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. |
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... II FACE 141 2.2.12 PALM 142 2.2.13 THOUGHT 144 2.2.14 GOAT 146 2.2.15 GOOSE 147 2.2.16 PRICE 149 2.2.17 CHOICE 150 2.2.18 MOUTH 151 2.2.20 SQUARE 2.2.21 START 2.2.22 NORTH 2.2.23 FORCE 2.2.24 CURE 2.2.19 NEAR 153 Contents.
... II FACE 141 2.2.12 PALM 142 2.2.13 THOUGHT 144 2.2.14 GOAT 146 2.2.15 GOOSE 147 2.2.16 PRICE 149 2.2.17 CHOICE 150 2.2.18 MOUTH 151 2.2.20 SQUARE 2.2.21 START 2.2.22 NORTH 2.2.23 FORCE 2.2.24 CURE 2.2.19 NEAR 153 Contents.
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... NORTH 2.2.23 FORCE 2.2.24 CURE 2.2.25 Weak vowels : happy , lettER , comma 2.3 Systems ; a typology 2.3.1 Part - system A 2.3.2 Part - system B 2.3.3 Part - system C 155 157 159 160 162 165 168 168 171 173 175 178 181 2.3.4 Part ...
... NORTH 2.2.23 FORCE 2.2.24 CURE 2.2.25 Weak vowels : happy , lettER , comma 2.3 Systems ; a typology 2.3.1 Part - system A 2.3.2 Part - system B 2.3.3 Part - system C 155 157 159 160 162 165 168 168 171 173 175 178 181 2.3.4 Part ...
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... north 4.4.I Introduction 4.4.2 The STRUT words The BATH words 341 341 343 345 348 349 349 351 353 4.4.4 Other vowels 356 4.4.5 Two vowel systems 363 4.4.6 Velar nasal plus 365 4.4.7 Yorkshire Assimilation 366 4.4.8 The consonant / r ...
... north 4.4.I Introduction 4.4.2 The STRUT words The BATH words 341 341 343 345 348 349 349 351 353 4.4.4 Other vowels 356 4.4.5 Two vowel systems 363 4.4.6 Velar nasal plus 365 4.4.7 Yorkshire Assimilation 366 4.4.8 The consonant / r ...
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... north : introduction 5.3.14 The north : vowel system and vowel length 5.3.15 The north : vowel quality 5.3.16 The north : consonants 5.3.17 The north : processes 5.3.18 The north : intonation 5.3.19 The north : accent and dialect 5.3.20 ...
... north : introduction 5.3.14 The north : vowel system and vowel length 5.3.15 The north : vowel quality 5.3.16 The north : consonants 5.3.17 The north : processes 5.3.18 The north : intonation 5.3.19 The north : accent and dialect 5.3.20 ...
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accents of England accents of English affricates allophone alveolar American southern apply BATH words British characteristic citation form Cockney comprising those words consonant contrast CURE defined as comprising dialect diphthong distinct DRESS example FLEECE fricative GenAm glottal GOAT GOOSE H Dropping homophones hypercorrections identical Labov language lexical incidence linguistic London merged Merger Middle English minimal pairs monophthong nasal non-rhotic accents north of England NURSE occur opposition PALM part-system phonetic phonetic environment phonological phonotactic phonotactic distribution plosive Pre-R prevocalic pronounced representation rhotic accents rhyme RP and GenAm rule segment sequence social class sound changes speakers speech spelling pronunciation standard accents standard lexical set stressed vowel STRUT traditional name traditional-dialect TRAP Trudgill typical underlying underlying representation unrounded unstressed usually variable variants variety velar vocoid voiceless Vowel Shift vowel system words belonging words whose citation working-class Yod Dropping