Language and Region (Intertext)

by JoanBeal (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.50

  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.

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $26.12

  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.