Language and Region

<p><em>Language and Region:</em></p><ul> <li>provides an accessible guide to regional variation in English</li> <li>covers topical issues including loss of regional diversity and attitudes to regional accents and dialects</li> <li>examines the use of dialect in media, advertising and the tourist industry</li> <li>outlines the main linguistic characteristics of regional accents and dialects in terms of regional pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.</li> </ul><p>Affording hands-on practical experience of textual analysis, this book is essential reading for students of English language studies.</p> <p>Acknowledgements Unit 1: Region, Nation, Locale Unit 2: Regional Language and its Uses Unit 3: Attitudes to Regional Language Unit 4: Recognising Accents Unit 5: Words and Things Unit 6: Regional Grammar Unit 7: Writing in Dialect Unit 8: Tools of the Trade </p>