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Books: Sociolinguistics/Historical Linguistics: Jones

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Directory         1.    Palgrave Macmillan, English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Jones
Message 1: English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Jones
Date: 20-Feb-2006
From: Palgrave Macmillan <palgravemacmillanpalgrave.com>
Subject: English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Jones


Title: English Pronunciation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries Published: 2005 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403947236

Author: Charles Jones, University of Edinburgh Hardback: ISBN: 1403947236 Pages: 416 Price: U.K. £ 90
Abstract:

'This volume relies on a wealth of primary sources, which the authorinvestigates with great accuracy, thus giving a very detailed picture ofhow Late Modern English commentators approached phonological variation atthe segmental level. The comments provided by the authors discussed shedconsiderable light on how speakers saw their usage and strove to change ormaintain it. As a result, this valuable study sets itself at the crossroadsbetween historical phonology, historical dialectology, and historicalperceptual dialectology.' Professor Marina Dossena, Universita' degli Studidi Bergamo, Italy

This work provides a detailed account of word level pronunciation inEngland and Scotland between 1700 and 1900. All major and minor sourcematerials are presented in depth and there is a close discussion ofcontemporary attitudes to pronunciation standards and orthographic reform.The materials are presented in three chronological periods: 1700-1750,1750-1800 and the Nineteenth century, so that the reader is able not onlyto see the main characteristics of the pronunciation of both vowels andconsonants in each period, but can also compare developments from oneperiod to another, thus identifying ongoing changes to the phonology.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics                             Phonology                             Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Written In: English (eng )

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