English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles, Fifth Edition

by Dominic Watt, Peter Trudgill, Arthur Hughes

Book Overview

English Accents and Dialects is an essential guide to contemporary social and regional varieties of English spoken in the British Isles today. Together with invaluable overviews of numerous regional accents and dialects, this fifth edition provides a detailed description of key features of Received Pronounciation (RP) as well as several major non-standard varieties of English.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1444121383
• ISBN13: 9781444121384
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"