Urban Voices: Accent Studies In The British Isles

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Urban Voices: Accent Studies In The British IslesISBN13:9780340706084ISBN10:0340706082Author:Foulkes, Paul (Editor), Docherty, Gerard (Editor)Description:Accents And Dialects Are Constantly Undergoing Small Variations Over Time, But Evidence Shows That Change May Have Become Increasingly Rapid In The Past Few Decades 'Urban Voices' Presents One Of The Few Recent Surveys Of This Phonological Variation And Change In Urban Accents Across Great Britain And Ireland Each Of The Specially Commissioned Chapters Is Divided Into Two Parts The First Provides A Detailed Description Of Accent Features Within One Or More Urban Centres, Including Information On Social And Stylistic Variation And Ongoing Change The Second Discusses A Range Of Current Theoretical And Methodological Issues Some Chapters Present Wholly New Data Based On Fieldwork Carried Out Specifically For Inclusion In 'Urban Voices', While Others Summarise Data From Well-Known Research, Up-Dated And Reanalysed In Accordance With New Findings Containing Copious Illustrative And Pedagogic Material, This Textbook Presents A Clear Pathway To State-Of-The-Art Research For Students Of Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Phonetics, And Phonology At Advanced Undergraduate And Graduate Level In Addition, The Detailed Descriptive Data And The Accompanying Cassette Constitute A Valuable Resource For Students And Teachers Of English, Clinicians And Speech Therapists, Forensic Phoneticians, Researchers In Speech Recognition And Speech Synthesis, And Actors Contributors: Deborah Chirrey, Edge Hill University College Beverley Collins, Rijks Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands Gerard J Docherty, University Of Newcastle, Uk Paul Foulkes, University Of Leeds, Uk Nigel Hewlett, Queen Margaret College Raymond Hickey, University Of Essen, Germany Paul Kerswill, University Of Reading, Uk Anne Grethe Mathisen, University Of Oslo, Norway Kevin Mccafferty, Universitetet I Tromso, Norway Inger Mees, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Lesley Milroy, University Of Michigan, Usa Mark Newbrook, Monash University, Australia James M Scobbie, Queen Margaret College, Uk Jana Stoddart, Olomouc, Czech Republic Jane Stuart-Smith, University Of Glasgow, Uk Laura Tollfree, Monash University, Australia Peter Trudgill, University Of Fribourg, Switzerland Alice Turk, University Of Edinburgh, Uk Clive Upton, University Of Leeds, Uk Dominic Watt, University Of Leeds, Uk J D A Widdowson, University Of Sheffield, Uk Ann Williams, University Of Reading, Uk Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:RoutledgePublication Date:1999-10-01Weight:1.12 lbsDimensions:0.82'' H x 8.98'' L x 6.12'' WNumber of Pages:328Language:English

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