Accents of English

Name: Accents of English
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ISBN: 9780521285407

ISBN-10: 0521285402

ISBN-13: 9780521285407

Edition: 1982

Authors: John C. Wells

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Accents of English is about the way English is pronounced by different people in different places. Volume 1 provides a synthesizing introduction, which shows how accents vary not only geographically, but also with social class, formality, sex and age; and in volumes 2 and 3 the author examines in greater depth the various accents used by people who speak English as their mother tongue: the accents of the regions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland (volume 2), and of the USA, Canada, the West Indies, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Black Africa and the Far East (volume 3). Each volume can be read independently, and together they form a major scholarly survey, of considerable…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1982
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/8/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 212
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Volume III: Beyond the British Isles: Preface


Typographical conventions and phonetic symbols



North America



GenAm revisited



Canada



New York City



New England



The south



Black English



The West Indies



General characteristics of Caribbean English



Individual territories



The Southern Hemisphere



Australia



New Zealand



South Africa



The Imperial Legacy



India



Africa



The Far East


Sources and further reading


References


Index