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Macaulay, Ronald K.S. 1991. Locating dialect in discourse: the language of honest men and bonnie lassies in Ayr. Cambridge University Press. xiv+293 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This descriptive and quantitative study of the dialect of Ayr (Southwest Scotland) includes a wide range of variables covering syntax, lexis and discourse features besides the phonological and morphological variables. The data are gathered from interviews with 6 middle-class and 6 lower-class adult respondents (3 women, 9 men).

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