Northern English: A Social and Cultural History
English as spoken in the north of England has a rich social and cultural history; however it has often been neglected by historical linguists, whose research has focused largely on the development of 'Standard English'. In this groundbreaking, alternative account of the history of English, Northern English takes centre stage for the first time. Emphasising its richness and variety, the book places northern speech and culture in the context of identity, iconography, mental maps, boundaries and marginalisation. It reassesses the role of Northern English in the development of Modern Standard English, draws some pioneering conclusions about the future of Northern English, and considers the origins of the many images and stereotypes surrounding northerners and their speech. Numerous maps, and a useful index of northern English words and pronunciations, are included. Innovative and original, Northern English will be welcomed by all those interested in the history and regional diversity of English.
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Contents
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Section 1
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23 |
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Section 2
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32 |
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Section 3
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36 |
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Section 4
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37 |
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Section 5
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41 |
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Section 6
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47 |
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Section 7
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53 |
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Section 8
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62 |
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Section 10
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82 |
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Section 11
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87 |
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Section 12
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88 |
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Section 13
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115 |
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Section 14
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136 |
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Section 15
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160 |
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Section 16
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169 |
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Section 17
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199 |
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Section 9
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64 |
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Common terms and phrases
appears ballads Beal boundary century onwards certainly Cheshire cited common Coronation Street counties cultural Cumberland Cumbria Danelaw definite article reduction dialect areas dialogue distinctive Durham eighteenth century English dialects Estuary Estuary English example further chapter Geordie grammar Humber Ihalainen 1994 influence interestingly isoglosses John Knowles Lancashire language Leeds lexis linguistic literary Liverpool London English Manchester marked markers Melvyn Bragg Merseyside Middlesbrough Milroy Mugglestone music-hall Newcastle nineteenth century Norse North-east North-South divide North-west Northern accents Northern dialect Northern English Northumberland Northumbrian noted origin Pennines period pitmatic poem poet popular present-day pronoun pronunciation provincial regional Scandinavian Scotland Scots Scottish English Scouse Sheffield shire significant social sociolinguistic songs South South Yorkshire Southern speakers speech spelling Standard English stereotypes suggests T-glottalling towns traditional Trent Trudgill 1999b Trudgill's twentieth century Tyne Tyneside Upton usage vernacular vowel Wakelin West Riding West Yorkshire Widdowson 1999 working-class Wright York
References to this book
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Thinking Northern: Textures of Identity in the North of England Christoph Ehland Limited preview - 2007 |