Jonnie Robinson

A Thesaurus of English Dialect and Slang

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1242g
• ISBN-13: 9781108473231
• ISBN-10: 1108473237
• Artikelnr.: 60043554

Autorenporträt

Jonnie Robinson is the British Library's Lead Curator of Spoken English. He has worked on two prestigious nationwide surveys of vernacular English: the Survey of English Dialects and BBC Voices. He co-curated the Library's 2010 exhibition, Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices and created the British Accents and Dialects website.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The Voices Project
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations and Transcription Conventions
Introduction
Part I. A Thesaurus of the BBC Voices Recordings in England, Wales and the Channel Islands: 1. How You Feel
2. What You Do
3. What You Wear
4. What You Call Them
5. Inside and Outside
6. Getting Personal
Part II. An Inventory of the BBC Voices Recordings Survey in England, Wales and the Channel Islands: A. North East
B. Yorkshire and Humber
C. North West
D. East Midlands
E. West Midlands
F. East Anglia
G. South West
H. South East
I. London
J. Wales
K. Channel Islands
Bibliography
Index.