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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... Further difficulties with taxonomic phonemics 1.2.9 Phonological rules 1.2.10 Natural classes 1.2.11 A case in point : the velar nasal 1.2.12 Optional rules , variable rules 1.2.13 Rule ordering 1.2.14 Polylectal and panlectal phonology ...
... Further difficulties with taxonomic phonemics 1.2.9 Phonological rules 1.2.10 Natural classes 1.2.11 A case in point : the velar nasal 1.2.12 Optional rules , variable rules 1.2.13 Rule ordering 1.2.14 Polylectal and panlectal phonology ...
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... Further considerations 1.3.7 Consequences : rhymes , puns , and intelligibility Rhythmical characteristics 1.3.8 1.3.9 Intonation 1.3.10 Voice quality 1.4 Why accents differ 1.4.1 Why innovations arise 1.4.2 System preservation 1.4.3 ...
... Further considerations 1.3.7 Consequences : rhymes , puns , and intelligibility Rhythmical characteristics 1.3.8 1.3.9 Intonation 1.3.10 Voice quality 1.4 Why accents differ 1.4.1 Why innovations arise 1.4.2 System preservation 1.4.3 ...
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... innovations 242 3.3.1 Vowels before / r / 242 3.3.2 LOT Unrounding ; loss of distinctive length 245 3.3.3 Later Yod Dropping 247 3.3.4 Tapping and T Voicing 248 3.4 Some further British innovations 3.4.1 H Dropping 3.4.2 Diphthong Contents.
... innovations 242 3.3.1 Vowels before / r / 242 3.3.2 LOT Unrounding ; loss of distinctive length 245 3.3.3 Later Yod Dropping 247 3.3.4 Tapping and T Voicing 248 3.4 Some further British innovations 3.4.1 H Dropping 3.4.2 Diphthong Contents.
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John C. Wells. 3.4 Some further British innovations 3.4.1 H Dropping 3.4.2 Diphthong Shift 3.4.3 Happy Tensing 3.4.4 L Vocalization 3.4.5 Glottalization 3.4.6 The -ing variable Sources and further reading References Index Volume 2 : The ...
John C. Wells. 3.4 Some further British innovations 3.4.1 H Dropping 3.4.2 Diphthong Shift 3.4.3 Happy Tensing 3.4.4 L Vocalization 3.4.5 Glottalization 3.4.6 The -ing variable Sources and further reading References Index Volume 2 : The ...
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... Further remarks on vowels 386 5.1.6 Consonants 387 5.1.7 Connected - speech variants 391 5.1.8 Prosodic features 391 5.1.9 Sociolinguistics in Cardiff 392 5.2 Scotland 393 5.2.1 Introduction 393 5.2.2 Scots 395 5.2.3 Monophthongs 399 ...
... Further remarks on vowels 386 5.1.6 Consonants 387 5.1.7 Connected - speech variants 391 5.1.8 Prosodic features 391 5.1.9 Sociolinguistics in Cardiff 392 5.2 Scotland 393 5.2.1 Introduction 393 5.2.2 Scots 395 5.2.3 Monophthongs 399 ...
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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