A grammar of the dialect of Farnworth and district (Greater Manchester County, formerly Lancashire)
This study presents a synchronic description of the dialect of Farnworth and district. In terms of linguistic levels of description, the study consists of a segmental phonology and a partial description of the morphology and syntax of the dialect~ At the phonological level, attention is focussed primarily upon a synchronic description, which is based upon both phonetic and phonemic considerations. Secondly, the phonology contains a comparative component, which contrasts the distribution of phonemes in the dialect and the Received Pronunciation of Standard English. Thirdly, consideration is given to the less broad styles of speech which informants use. This is necessary, because different styles of speech shade into one another in monolingual repertoires, and because the methodology of working with a corpus requires that the corpus be evaluated in full. iii. The account of morphology and syntax is offered first and foremost as a part of a description or grammar of the dialect, and secondly a hypothesis is advanced to the effect that grammatical variation in English dialects is currently underestimated. It is suggested in the Conclusion that this hypothesis receives some measure of confirmation from the data
Shorrocks, Graham
Linguistics
A grammar of the dialect of Farnworth and district (Greater Manchester County, formerly Lancashire). This study presents a synchronic description of the dialect of Farnworth and district. In terms of linguistic levels of description, the study consists of a segmental phonology and a partial description of the morphology and syntax of the dialect~ At the phonological level, attention is focussed primarily upon a synchronic description, which is based upon both phonetic and phonemic considerations. Secondly, the phonology contains a comparative component, which contrasts the distribution of phonemes in the dialect and the Received Pronunciation of Standard English. Thirdly, consideration is given to the less broad styles of speech which informants use. This is necessary, because different styles of speech shade into one another in monolingual repertoires, and because the methodology of working with a corpus requires that the corpus be evaluated in full. iii. The account of morphology and syntax is offered first and foremost as a part of a description or grammar of the dialect, and secondly a hypothesis is advanced to the effect that grammatical variation in English dialects is currently underestimated. It is suggested in the Conclusion that this hypothesis receives some measure of confirmation from the data
grammar dialect district greater manchester county formerly lancashire study present synchronic description dialect district term linguistic level description study_consist segmental phonology partial description morphology_syntax dialect phonological level attention_focus primarily upon synchronic description base_upon phonetic phonemic consideration secondly phonology contains comparative component contrast distribution phoneme dialect received pronunciation standard_english thirdly consideration_give less broad style_speech informant use necessary different style_speech shade one_another monolingual repertoire work corpus require corpus evaluate full iii account morphology_syntax offer first_foremost part description grammar dialect secondly hypothesis advance effect grammatical variation english dialects currently underestimate suggest conclusion hypothesis receive measure confirmation data