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English pronunciation in the eighteenth century : Thomas Spence's Grand repository of the English language
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ISBN: 0198237812 0191543942 1280446005 Year: 1999 Publisher: Oxford New York Clarendon Press Oxford University Press


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An introduction to regional Englishes : dialect variation in England
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ISBN: 1283021056 9786613021052 0748629378 9780748629374 9780748687268 0748687262 9780748621163 0748621164 0748621172 9780748621170 Year: 2010 Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,

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Are the dialects of England disappearing in the wake of globalisation and 'Estuary English', or are geographical differences as strong as ever? Joan Beal looks at recent research into regional variation in England, discusses the evidence for 'dialect levelling' and argues that, despite this, features of dialect are still clear markers of regional and local identity. Chapters outlining the main regional differences in accent, dialect grammar and dialect vocabulary are followed by discussions of research into geographical diffusion, levelling, issues of identity and stereotypes. Each chapter is


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An introduction to regional Englishes : dialect variation in England
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ISBN: 9780748621163 9780748621170 Year: 2010 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press

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This series provides introductions to the main areas of English language study. Volumes cover aspects of the history and structure of the language such as: syntax, phonology, morphology, regional and social variation, Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and international Englishes.

English in modern times, 1700-1945
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ISBN: 0203784456 128266705X 9786612667053 1444119133 9781444119138 0340761172 9780340761175 9780203784457 6612667052 9781134664092 9781134664160 9781138144064 1138144061 1134664095 Year: 2004 Publisher: London New York Arnold Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press

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English in Modern Times describes the development of the English language from 1700 until 1945, and argues that it is in the course of this later modern English period that the characteristics of 'modern' English evolved.

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ISBN: 0415366011 0415366003 9780415366014 9780415366007 Year: 2006 Publisher: London Routledge

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Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Prescriptivism
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ISBN: 0367557843 1003095127 1000857131 1003095127 Year: 2023 Publisher: Milton Taylor & Francis Group

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The Routledge handbook of linguistic prescriptivism
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ISBN: 9780367557843 9780367557867 036755786X 0367557843 Year: 2023 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon: New York, NY: Routledge,

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"This handbook provides a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the field of linguistic prescriptivism. Mapping the current status quo of the field and marking its two-decade transformation into a serious field of study within linguistics, this volume addresses both the value and the methods of studying prescriptivism"--


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The English language : a historical introduction.
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ISBN: 9780521854047 0521854040 0521670012 9780521670012 Year: 2009 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge university press


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Urban North-Eastern English
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ISBN: 9780748641529 0748641521 9780748664450 0748664459 9780748664474 0748664475 9780748664467 0748664467 0748639292 9780748639298 1280769998 9786613680761 Year: 2012 Publisher: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press

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This is a new volume in the Dialects of English series - a series of short, accessible but authoritative books on specific dialect varieties, each written by a specialist or specialists who have done first-hand work on the variety concerned. This volume provides an overview of all aspects of north-eastern English and explores the phonetic, phonological and morphosyntactic features of the variety, includes an analysis of lexical items. It focuses on the historical and linguistic aspects of the dialect and local culture, as well as investigating variation and change across generations. Designed


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The English Language : A Historical Introduction
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ISBN: 9781107693937 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press - Canto Classics

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