An Atlas of English Dialects
by Clive Upton
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Do you call it April Fools' Day, April Noddy Day or April Gowkin' Day? Is the season before winter the Autumn, the Fall or the Backend? When you're out of breath, do you pant, puff, pank, tift or thock? The words we use (and the sounds we make when we use them) are more often than not a product of where we live, and An Atlas of English Dialects shows the reader where certain words, sounds and phrases originate from and why usage varies from region to region. The Atlas includes: ninety maps show more showing the regions in which particular words, phrases and pronunciations are used detailed commentaries explaining points of linguistic, historical and cultural interest explanations of linguistic terms, a bibliography for further reading and a full index. Based on the Survey of English Dialectsnbsp;- the most extensive record of English regional speechnbsp;- the Atlas is a fascinating and informative guide to the diversity of the English Language in England. show lessTags
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1996
- Dedication
- for
Stanley Ellis & Peter Wright
principal fieldworkers
of the survey of English dialects - First words
- Introduction
Dialect Study and the Survey of English Dialects
There can be no doubt that pure dialect speech is rapidly disappearing even in country districts, owing to the spread of education, and to mode... (show all)rn facilities of intercommunication....
This was written by Joseph Wright in the Preface to The English Dialect Grammar, which was part of the six-volume English Dialect Dictionary that he published between 1898 and 1905.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 427.00223 — Language English & Old English languages Historical and geographic variations, modern nongeographic variations of English standard subdivisions, and by time period standard subdivisions Miscellany Illustrations, models, miniatures Maps, plans, diagrams
- LCC
- PE1705 .U68 — Language and Literature English language English Dialects. Provincialisms, etc.
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- English
- Media
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