Liverpool English - (Dialects of English [Doe]) Annotated by Kevin Watson & Patrick Honeybone & Lynn Clark & Amanda Cardoso (Hardcover)

About the Book

The Dialects of English series provides concise, accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date documentation for varieties of English, including English-based pidgins and creoles, from all over the English-speaking world. Written by experts who have conducted first-hand research, the volumes are the most obvious starting point for readers who would like to know more about a particular regional, urban or ethnic variety. The volumes follow a common structure, covering the context in which one clearly defined variety of English (or a number of closely related varieties) has been established as well as their phonetics and phonology, morphosyntax, lexis and social history. Each volume concludes with an annotated bibliography and some sample texts.

Book Synopsis

This book provides a detailed overview of the main phonological, grammatical, lexical and discourse features of Liverpool English (LE). These will be discussed in terms of LE's past, including the origins of the variety, and its relationships with other north-west English dialects and Irish varieties, and ongoing change in LE, including the extent to which LE linguistic features are levelling or diverging from supralocal norms.

About the Author

K. Watson, Canterbury; P. Honeybone, Edinburgh; L. Clark, Canterbury, all UK; A. Cardoso, Vancouver, Canada.