Philip Shaw

Joan Beal

Charles Barber

This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.

The English Language

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.

Joan Beal

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