Listening to the Past

Audio Records of Accents of English

Raymond Hickey (Universität Duisburg–Essen)

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English

Cambridge University Press
30 May 2019

Dialect, slang & jargon

Series: Studies in English Language

Audio recordings of English are available from the first half of the twentieth century and thus complement the written data sources for the recent history of the language. This book is the first to bring together a team of globally recognised scholars to document and analyse these early recordings in a single volume. Looking at examples of regional varieties of English from England, Scotland, Ireland, the USA, Canada and other anglophone countries, the volume explores both standard and vernacular varieties, and demonstrates how accents of English have changed between the late nineteenth century and the present day. The socio-phonetic examinations of the recordings will be of interest to scholars of historical linguistics, the history of the English language, language variation and change, phonetics, and phonology.

Edited by: Raymond Hickey (Universität Duisburg–Essen)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 990g
ISBN: 9781107660205
ISBN 10: 1107660203
Series: Studies in English Language
Pages: 606
Publication Date: 30 May 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Raymond Hickey is Professor of English Linguistics at Universität Duisburg–Essen. His main research interests are varieties of English (especially Irish English and Dublin English) and general questions of language contact, variation and change. Among his recent book publications are Irish English: History and Present-Day Forms (Cambridge, 2007), The Handbook of Language Contact (2010), Eighteenth-Century English (Cambridge, 2010) and The Sound Structure of Modern Irish (2014).

Reviews for Listening to the Past: Audio Records of Accents of English

'This is a broad, ambitious, and enlightening use of previously untapped sources. The collection provides an exciting new dimension to the analysis of variation and change in twentieth-century English.' Donka Minkova, University of California, Los Angeles 'This is the first major publication to tap the wealth of available archival sound recordings for the historical study of spoken English. The editor is to be commended for bringing together a strong line-up of experts and for covering British and American English as well as several New Englishes.' Christian Mair, University of Freiburg This is a broad, ambitious, and enlightening use of previously untapped sources. The collection provides an exciting new dimension to the analysis of variation and change in twentieth-century English. Donka Minkova, University of California, Los Angeles This is the first major publication to tap the wealth of available archival sound recordings for the historical study of spoken English. The editor is to be commended for bringing together a strong line-up of experts and for covering British and American English as well as several New Englishes. Christian Mair, University of Freiburg