1st Edition

The Linguistic Atlas of England

Edited By Harold Orton, Stewart Sanderson, John Widdowson Copyright 1978
460 Pages
by Routledge

544 Pages
by Routledge

This fascinating record of how English is spoken in England is now being reprinted. Over 400 maps detail differences in phonology, lexicon, morphology and syntax. The Atlas provides a unique survey of the linguistic geography of England. This volume was inspired by the English Dialect Survey which set out to elicit information about the current dialectical usages of the older members of the... Read more
Contents include: Foreword Abbreviations List of Localities The International Phonetic Alphabet Introduction Phonological Maps Lexical Maps Morphological Maps Syntactical Maps Appendix 1: Index to Questions Appendix 2: Notes on the Mapped Lexical Responses Appendix 3: Unmapped Lexical Responses Index.

Biography

Harold Orton, Stewart Sanderson, John Widdowson