Language and Region (Intertext) - Softcover

Book 1 of 24: Intertext

Beal, Joan

 
9780415366014: Language and Region (Intertext)

Synopsis

Language and Region:

  • provides an accessible guide to regional variation in English
  • covers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialects
  • examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry
  • outlines the main linguistic characteristics of regional accents and dialects in terms of regional pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

Affording hands-on practical experience of textual analysis, this book is essential reading for students of English language studies.

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Joan Beal

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ISBN 10:  0415366003 ISBN 13:  9780415366007
Publisher: Routledge, 2006
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