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Locating Dialect in Discourse

Locating Dialect in Discourse The Language of Honest Men and Bonnie Lasses in Ayr - Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

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Publisher's Synopsis

This monograph charts and analyzes variations in speech between speakers of different social classes in the city of Ayr, Scotland. Its principal goal is to reconcile the modern recognition of the range of variation in speech with the problematic concept of dialect.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780195065596
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.4409411
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 293
Weight: 525g
Height: 215mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 31mm