Accents of English I: An Introduction: 001 - Brossura

Wells, J. C.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521297192 ISBN 13: 9780521297196

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1982

Riassunto

Accents of English is about the way English is pronounced by different people in different places.

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Descrizione del libro

Accents of English is about the way English is pronounced by different people in different places. It looks at how accents vary not only geographically, but also with social class, formality, sex and age, and examines the various accents of English speakers throughout the UK and other English-speaking countries.

Contenuti

Volume I: An Introduction: Preface; Typographical conventions and phonetic symbols; Part I. Aspects of Accent: 1. Linguistic and social variability; 2. Accent phonology; 3. How accents differ; 4. Why accents differ; Part II. Sets and Systems: 5. The reference accents; 6. Standard lexical sets; 7. Systems: a typology; Part III. Developments and Processes: 8. Residualisms; 9. British prestige innovations; 10. Some American innovations; 11. Some further British innovations; Sources and further reading; References; Index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0521297192
• ISBN 13: 9780521297196
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 300
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile