'Dialect' and 'Accent' in Industrial West YorkshireThis volume is concerned with one of the few thorough-going Labovian studies carried out in Britain. Based on a survey of over hundred randomly selected informants from the towns of Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield, it deals first with the methodology employed, and then sketches some aspects of the traditional dialects of the area before describing a large number of variables. Other non-standard features encountered during the survey are described, since these too are part of the changing patterns of speech in West Yorkshire. The final chapter draws a distinction between dialect and accent which is slightly different from that generally employed, and suggests that while dialect features seem to have declined under the pressure of the standard language, accent still persists as a social differentiator. |
Contents
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CHAPTER THREE THE WEST YORKSHIRE SAMPLE | 49 |
CHAPTER FOUR THE FIELDWORK AND ANALYSIS | 65 |
CHAPTER FIVE THE TRADITIONAL DIALECT OF THE AREA | 79 |
PERFORMANCE | 101 |
EVALUATION | 243 |
CHAPTER EIGHT CONCLUSIONS | 327 |
Appendices | 361 |
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