Southern English Varieties Then and Now

Southern English Varieties Then and Now
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9783110575316
ISBN-13 : 3110575310
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Book Synopsis Southern English Varieties Then and Now by : Laura Wright

Download or read book Southern English Varieties Then and Now written by Laura Wright and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the world’s Extraterritorial Englishes stem historically from southern English dialects - Southern England having been the most densely-habited part of the country. However, the dialects of Southern England remain under-studied. The papers in this volume consider both diachronic and synchronic aspects of the dialects of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and the Isles of Scilly.


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