24.2863, Books: West Midlands English: Clark, Asprey

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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 18:31:41
From: Anna Glazier [Anna.Glazier at eup.ed.ac.uk]
Subject: West Midlands English: Clark, Asprey

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Title: West Midlands English 
Subtitle: Birmingham and the Black Country 
Series Title: Dialects of English  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
	   http://www.euppublishing.com

Book URL: http://www.euppublishing.com/book/9780748641680 

Author: Urszula Clark
Author: Esther Asprey

Hardback: ISBN:  9780748641697 Pages: 192 Price: U.K. £ 65.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9780748641680 Pages: 192 Price: U.K. £ 19.99

Abstract:

This volume focuses on the closely allied yet differing linguistic varieties
of Birmingham and its immediate neighbour to the west, the industrial
heartland of the Black Country. Both of these areas rose to economic
prominence and success during the Industrial Revolution, and both have
suffered economically and socially as a result of post-war industrial decline.
The industrial heritage of both areas has meant that tight knit and socially
homogeneous individual areas in each region have demonstrated in many respects
little linguistic change over time, and have continued to exhibit linguistic
features, especially morphological constructions, peculiar to these areas or
now restricted to these areas.

At the same time, immigration from other areas of the British Isles over time,
from Commonwealth countries and later from EU member states, together with
increased social mobility, have meant that newly developing structures and
more widespread UK linguistic phenomena have spread into these varieties. This
volume provides a clear description of the structure of the linguistic
varieties spoken in the two areas.

Following the structure of the Dialects of English volumes, it provides:
- A comprehensive overview of the phonological, grammatical and lexical
structure of both varieties, as well as similarities between the two varieties
and distinguishing features.
- Thorough discussion of the historical and social factors behind the
development of the varieties and the stigma attached to these varieties.
- Discussion of the unusual situation of the Black Country as an area
undefined in geographical and administrative terms, existing only in the
imagination.
- Examples of the variety from native speakers of differing ethnicities, ages
and genders.
- An annotated bibliography for further consultation.

This book is available in North America from Columbia University Press.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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