Real English

<p>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, <i>Real English</i> 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.</p> <p>Editors' preface<br>Acknowledgements<br><br><b>Part I: Dialect in Education</b><br>1. Syntactic variation in non-standard dialects: background issues, <i>Jenny Cheshire and Jim Milroy</i><br>2. Sociolinguistics in the classroom: exploring linguistic diversity, <i>Jenny Cheshire and Viv Edwards</i><br>3. Non-standard English and dialect levelling, <i>Jenny Cheshire, Viv Edwards and Pamela Whittle</i><br><br><b>Part II: Regional variation in English grammar: case studies</b><br>4. The grammar of Scottish English, <i>Jim Miller</i><br>5. The grammar of Irish English, <i>John Harris</i><br>6. The grammar of Tyneside and Northumbrian English, <i>Joan Beal</i><br>7. The grammar of Southern British English, <i>Viv Edwards</i><br>Appendix to part II: Glossary of grammatical terms<br><br><b>Part III: Resources</b><br>8. A directory of English dialect resources: The English counties, <i>Viv Edwards</i><br><br>Index</p>