The Black Country Dialect

The Black Country Dialect PDF Author: Ed Conduit
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
The dialect of the Black Country might sound like bad English at first gearing. Listen more carefully and you may hear echoes of 1,500 years of history.

West Midlands English

West Midlands English PDF Author: Urszula Clark
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748685820
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 258

Book Description
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. It provides a clear description of the structure of the linguistic varieties

Black Country

Black Country PDF Author: Liz Berry
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448182891
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
WINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE BEST FIRST COLLECTION 2014 *PBS Recommendation 2014* ‘When I became a bird, Lord, nothing could not stop me...’ In Black Country, Liz Berry takes flight: to Wrens Nest, Gosty Hill, Tipton-on-Cut; to the places of home. The poems move from the magic of childhood – bostin fittle at Nanny’s, summers before school – into deeper, darker territory: sensual love, enchanted weddings, and the promise of new life. In Berry’s hands, the ordinary is transformed: her characters shift shapes, her eye is unusual, her ear attuned to the sounds of the Black Country, with ‘vowels ferrous as nails, consonants / you could lick the coal from.’ Ablaze with energy and full of the rich dialect of the West Midlands, this is an incandescent debut from a poet of dazzling talent and verve.

Language and Identity in Englishes

Language and Identity in Englishes PDF Author: Urszula Clark
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135904804
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
Language and Identity in Englishes examines the core issues and debates surrounding the relationship between English, language and identity. Drawing on a range of international examples from the UK, US, China and India, Clark uses both cutting-edge fieldwork and her own original research to give a comprehensive account of the study of language and identity. Key features include: Discussion of language in relation to various aspects of identity, such as those connected with nation and region, as well as in relation to social aspects such as social class and race. A chapter on undertaking research that will equip students with appropriate research methods for their own projects An analysis of language and identity within the context of written as well as spoken texts With its accessible structure, international scope and the inclusion of leading research in the area, this book is ideal for any student taking modules in language and identity or sociolinguistics.

Talking Back, Talking Black

Talking Back, Talking Black PDF Author: John H. McWhorter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781942658207
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 190

Book Description
An authoritative, impassioned celebration of Black English, how it works, and why it matters

Dialect Writing and the North of England

Dialect Writing and the North of England PDF Author: Patrick Honeybone
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474442579
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
Investigates how dialect variation in the North of England is represented in writing.
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