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Cooper, Paul. 2019. The enregisterment of “Barnsley” dialect: Vowel fronting and being ‘broad’ in Yorkshire dialects. Language & Communication 64 : 68–80.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

Yorkshire speakers opine Barnsley dialect is diverse from other Yorkshire regions. Barnsley was the most of set sub-Yorkshire dialect in interviews. One distinctive trait of Barnsley dialect was a fronted vowel in ‘Barnsley’. This vowel is enregistered as “Barnsley” to Yorkshire speakers. Barnsley dialect is linked to social values like ‘broad’ and ‘traditional’.