While it is accepted that the pronunciation of English shows wide regional differences, there is a marked tendency to under-estimate the extent of the variation in grammar that exists within the British Isles today. In addressing this problem, Real English brings together the work of a number of experts on the subject to provide a pioneer volume in the field of the grammar of spoken English.
Author(s): James Milroy, Lesley Milroy
Series: Real Language
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 362
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Contributors
Editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Dialect in Education
1 Syntactic variation in non-standard dialects: background issues
1.1 The process of language standardization
1.2 Written standard English and literacy
1.3 The historical development of standard English
1.4 Social and regional variation in British English today
1.5 Attitudes towards regional varieties of English
1.6 The social significance of regional syntactic forms
1.7 The rule-governed nature of variation
1.8 Peer group pressures on language
1.9 Language development in older children
1.10 Writing
1.11 Linguistic assessment
1.12 Education
1.13 Concluding remarks
References
2 Sociolinguistics in the classroom: exploring linguistic diversity
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The survey of British dialect grammar
2.3 Reactions to linguistic diversity
2.4 Resources for diversity
2.5 Research in the local community
2.6 Conclusion
References
3 Non-standard English and dialect levelling
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Survey of British Dialect Grammar
3.3 The questionnaire
3.4 Regions included in the Survey
3.5 Shared morphological and syntactic features of British urban dialects
3.6 Conclusion
Notes
References
Appendix 3.1: Questionnaire used in the Survey
Appendix 3.2: Regions represented in the Survey
Part II: Regional variation in English grammar: case studies
4 The grammar of Scottish English
4.1 Introduction: Scottish English
4.2 Morphology
4.3 Syntax
4.4 Organization of discourse
4.5 Conclusion
Note
References
5 The grammar of Irish English
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The noun phrase
5.3 The verb group
5.4 The expression of time
5.5 Complex sentences
5.6 Negation
5.7 Prepositional usage
5.8 Discourse devices
5.9 Conclusion
Notes
Further reading
References
6 The grammar of Tyneside and Northumbrian English
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The grammar of Tyneside and Northumbrian English
6.3 The verb phrase
6.4 Interrogative tags
6.5 Interrogatives
6.6 The noun phrase
6.7 Sentence-final elements
6.8 Prepositions
6.9 Conclusion
References
7 The grammar of Southern British English
7.1 Dialect grammar and South-eastern English dialects
7.2 South-eastern English grammar
7.3 Negation
7.4 Relative pronouns
7.5 Personal and reflexive pronouns
7.6 Adjectives and adverbs
7.7 Demonstratives
7.8 Verb particles and prepositions
7.9 Nouns of measurement
7.10 Conclusion
Note
Appendix to Chapter 7
References and Further Reading
Appendix to Part II: Glossary of grammatical terms
Part III: Resources
8 A directory of English dialect resources: the English counties
8.1 Introduction
8.2 English dialects
8.3 The Northern Counties and the Isle of Man
8.4 The West Midlands Counties
8.5 The East Midland Counties and East Anglia
8.6 The Southern Counties
Index to Parts I and II
