The volume consists of a substantial introduction, providing a geographical and historical outline of the area, an account of the origin of the area, an account of the origin of present-day southwestern speech varieties and a synopsis of their main features. This is followed by texts of three main types: brief selections from 17th to 19th century dialect writers, aimed at depicting characteristics of southwestern speech; longer 20th century texts – verse, dialogue in novels; transcripts from tapes from 1950 onwards of speakers of different ages and social backgrounds. A part of each transcript is also provided in phonetic notation.
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Ciancia, Carmen
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2023. Speech reflections in Late Modern English pauper letters from Dorset. English Language and Linguistics 27:3 ► pp. 491 ff.
Markus, Manfred
2023. Phonetic spellings in the Late Modern English dialect of the Isle of Wight (based on EDD Online). Journal of Linguistic Geography 11:1 ► pp. 53 ff.
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Horae Subsecivae, ‘that remarkable glossary of West Country words’ (Bodl. MS Eng. lang. d. 66). International Journal of Lexicography 34:2 ► pp. 235 ff.
BLAXTER, TAM & RICHARD COATES
2020. Thetrap–bathsplit in Bristol English. English Language and Linguistics 24:2 ► pp. 269 ff.
Straw, Michelle
2020. Forest Dialect. English Today 36:3 ► pp. 70 ff.
Hickey, Raymond
2017. Britain and Ireland1. In The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics, ► pp. 270 ff.
2015. Dialect contact and distinctiveness: The social meaning of language variation in an island community. Journal of Sociolinguistics 19:1 ► pp. 3 ff.
Moore, Emma & Paul Carter
2017. ‘The Land Steward Wouldn’t Have a Woman Farmer’. In Language and a Sense of Place, ► pp. 258 ff.
Moore, Emma & Paul Carter
2018. Natural phonetic tendencies and social meaning: Exploring the allophonic raising split ofpriceandmouthon the Isles of Scilly. Language Variation and Change 30:3 ► pp. 337 ff.
Coates, Richard
2013. Rethinking Romano-British*Corinium. The Antiquaries Journal 93 ► pp. 81 ff.
Coates, Richard
2022. The history, linguistic status and potential of the term dramway. Lexis :20
Britain, David & Andrea Sudbury
2010. Falkland Islands English. In The Lesser-Known Varieties of English, ► pp. 209 ff.
Clarke, Sandra
2010. Newfoundland and Labrador English. In The Lesser-Known Varieties of English, ► pp. 72 ff.
MELCHERS, GUNNEL
2010. A treasury of Englishes. English Language and Linguistics 14:3 ► pp. 485 ff.
Britain, David
2008. When is a change not a change? A case study on the dialect origins of New Zealand English. Language Variation and Change 20:2 ► pp. 187 ff.
Blevins, Juliette & Andrew Garrett
2007. The Rise and Fall oflSandhi in California Algic. International Journal of American Linguistics 73:1 ► pp. 72 ff.
PARGMAN, SHERI
2004. GULLAHDUHAND PERIPHRASTICDOIN ENGLISH DIALECTS: ANOTHER LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE. American Speech 79:1 ► pp. 3 ff.
John Algeo
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1999. William Barnes (1801–86), the Philological Society, the English Dialect Society, and the Dictionaries. Henry Sweet Society for the History of Linguistic Ideas Bulletin 32:1 ► pp. 13 ff.
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