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Studies in Linguistic Geography (RLE Linguistics D: English Linguistics): The Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland book cover

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Studies in Linguistic Geography (RLE Linguistics D: English Linguistics) The Dialects of English in Britain and Ireland

Edited By John M. Kirk, Stewart Sanderson, J.D.A. Widdowson Copyright 1985
230 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge
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The publication in the past ten years of linguistic atlases of England and Scotland has not only advanced our knowledge of the lexical and morphological variety inherent in the English language, but has made it possible to establish a number of methodological principles for the study of language both in its contemporary distribution and in its historical evolution. The essays in this volume, by... Read more

1. Introduction: Principles and Practice in Linguistic Geography John M. Kirk, Stewart Sanderson and J.D.A. Widdowson  2. Linguistic Geography in England: Progress and Prospects Stewart Sanderson and J. D. A. Widdowson  3. On producing a Linguistic Atlas: The Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects David Parry  4. The Tape-recorded Survey of Hiberno-English Speech: A Reappraisal of the Techniques of Traditional Dialect Geography G. B. Adams, M. V. Barry and P. M. Tilling  5. Linguistic Atlases and Sociolinguistics Paul A. Johnston, Jr  6. Linguistic Atlases and Dialectometry: The Survey of English Dialects Wolfgang Viereck  7. Linguistic Atlases and Generative Phonology Beat Glauser  8. Linguistic Atlases and Grammar: The Investigation and Description of Regional Variation in English Syntax John M. Kirk  9. Linguistic Atlases and Vocabulary: The Linguistic Survey of Anglo-Irish P. L. Henry  10. Linguistic Maps: Visual Aid or Abstract Art? R. K. S. Macaulay

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Kirk, John M.; Sanderson, Stewart; Widdowson, J.D.A.

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