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"The Dialects of England"

 

by 

Peter Trudgill

 

 

Blackwell

Paperback Edition

ISBN#0631218157

$32.95 (Check Amazon.com for discount amount)*

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

 

CHAPTER ONE

Language Variety in England

 

CHAPTER TWO

The Pronunciation of Traditional Dialects

 

CHAPTER THREE

The Pronunciation of Modern Dialects

 

 

CHAPTER FOUR

The Grammar of English Dialects

 

CHAPTER FIVE

Dialect Words

 

Notes

 

Sources and Further Reading

 

Index

SYNOPSIS: Do you want to give your novel that authentic feel?  Here is a source that will help you do just that.  Learn how to distinguish dialects from different areas of England, then use those dialects in your writing.  Drop a few dialect differences among your characters, and your reader will be able to distinguish not only the characters from each other, but define the area of England from which they originate.  

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