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Zusatztext ' ...Trudgill successfully distills the relatively complex field of dialectology down to the bare minimum for beginners.' - Linguist List Informationen zum Autor Peter Trudgill is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and an important figure in dialectology. Klappentext Dialects introduces the many dialects of English spoken in the United Kingdom and reveals the key issues that dialectology engages with. Zusammenfassung Dialects introduces the many dialects of English spoken in the United Kingdom and reveals the key issues that dialectology engages with. Inhaltsverzeichnis How to Use This Book. 1. Studying English Dialects 2. Posh and Less Posh Dialects 3. English in Many Shapes and Forms 4. Dialects - The Old and the New 5. Dialect Maps 6. What Dialect Maps Can Tell Us 7. How Dialect Boundaries Get to be Where They Are 8. Spot Your Dialect Area 9. Present Tense Verbs 10. Different Dialects, Different Grammar 11. Dialect Grammar - The Old and the New 12. Overdoing Things. Further Reading
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How to Use This Book. 1. Studying English Dialects 2. Posh and Less Posh Dialects 3. English in Many Shapes and Forms 4. Dialects - The Old and the New 5. Dialect Maps 6. What Dialect Maps Can Tell Us 7. How Dialect Boundaries Get to be Where They Are 8. Spot Your Dialect Area 9. Present Tense Verbs 10. Different Dialects, Different Grammar 11. Dialect Grammar - The Old and the New 12. Overdoing Things. Further Reading
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' ...Trudgill successfully distills the relatively complex field of dialectology down to the bare minimum for beginners.' - Linguist List
