'Dialect' and 'Accent' in Industrial West Yorkshire
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This volume is concerned with one of the few thorough-going Labovian studies carried out in Britain. Based on a survey of over hundred randomly selected informants from the towns of Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield, it deals first with the methodology employed, and then sketches some aspects of the ‘traditional’ dialects of the area before describing a large number of variables. Other non-standard features encountered during the survey are described, since these too are part of the changing patterns of speech in West Yorkshire. The final chapter draws a distinction between ‘dialect’ and ‘accent’ which is slightly different from that generally employed, and suggests that while ‘dialect’ features seem to have declined under the pressure of the standard language, ‘accent’ still persists as a social differentiator.
[Varieties of English Around the World, G6] 1985. viii, 401 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Introduction | p. 1
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The Area | p. 6
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I. Dialect Studies of West Yorkshire | p. 9
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II. Methodological Matters | p. 15
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III. The West Yorkshire Sample | p. 49
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IV. The Fieldwork and Analysis | p. 65
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V. The Traditional Dialect of the Area | p. 79
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VI. The Present Situation: Performance | p. 101
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VII. The Present Situation: Evaluation | p. 244
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VIII. Conclusions | p. 327
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Appendices | p. 359
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