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OverviewThis book is the first major sociophonetic work on the urban accent of Aberdeen in North-East Scotland. The study shows how the accent has changed following the large-scale immigration from other parts of Scotland and the UK since the 1970s. It is rooted in a dialect contact framework and based on sociolinguistic interviews with a stratified sample of 44 Aberdonians. The study uses an innovative method to assess the importance of the individual speaker in innovating and conserving the local accent. Based on six phonological variables, it shows how the traditional variants are replaced or marginalised, supraregional forms gain ground and strongly marked forms typical of Glaswegian or London English are added to the local feature pool. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thorsten BratoPublisher: Peter Lang AG Imprint: Peter Lang AG Edition: New edition Volume: 54 Weight: 0.410kg ISBN: 9783631680933ISBN 10: 3631680937 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 22 December 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationThorsten Brato works in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Regensburg. His research interests include sociophonetics, World Englishes and language variation and change. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |