Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill and Dominic Watt, English accents and dialects

An introduction to social and regional varieties of English in the British Isles

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ID2874258
AuthorsJoan C Beal (0000-0001-7287-8793, University of Sheffield, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume36
Issue5
Pages795-799
Publication date2007-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047404507070790
OpenAlexW2108704092
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited6

Arthur Hughes, Peter Trudgill and Dominic Watt, English accents and dialects: An introduction to social and regional varieties of English in the British Isles. 4th ed. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005. Pp. xiii, 159. Pb and accompanying CD £24.99. English accents and dialects has been the standard introductory textbook on varieties of English in the British Isles since it first appeared in 1979. It is well known and widely used as the only compact and affordable textbook providing detailed descriptions of a range of accents and dialects, as well as introductory chapters dealing with issues of social and regional variation and change. Although successive editions have expanded the range of varieties included and updated references, this fourth edition has undergone a more thorough overhaul, with a new co-author on board in the sociophonetician Dominic Watt. The new edition is accompanied by a digitally remastered CD with recordings of the transcribed interviews and word lists, and it includes new sections on the varieties spoken in Aberdeen, Galway, and "Leicester," along with exercises on these

British English · Linguistics · Power (physics) · Standard English · Varieties of English · Watt · Classics · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy

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