| Description |
ix, 78 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Language workbooks |
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Language workbooks.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Using this book vii -- 1 Studying English Dialects 1 -- 2 Posh and less posh dialects 5 -- 3 English in many shapes and forms 10 -- 4 Dialects - the old and the new 15 -- 5 Dialect maps 19 -- 6 What dialect maps can tell us 25 -- 7 How dialect boundaries get to be where they are 32 -- 8 Spot your dialect area 37 -- 9 Present-tense verbs 41 -- 10 Different dialects, different grammar 45 -- 11 Dialect grammar-the old and the new 51 -- 12 Overdoing things 55 -- Further reading 59 -- Answers to exercises 60 -- Index 69 |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1994 |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain.
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English language -- Dialects.
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| LC no. |
2004014972 |
| ISBN |
0415342627 hardback alkaline paper |
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0415342635 paperback alkaline paper |
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