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By Clive Upton,J.D.A Widdowson

ISBN-10: 0415392322

ISBN-13: 9780415392327

ISBN-10: 0415392330

ISBN-13: 9780415392334



Do you name it April Fools’ Day, April Noddy Day or April Gowkin’ Day? Is the season sooner than iciness the fall, the autumn or the Backend? whilst you’re out of breath, do you pant, puff, pank, tift or thock?



The phrases we use (and the sounds we make once we use them) are quite often a manufactured from the place we are living, and An Atlas of English Dialects indicates the reader the place yes phrases, sounds and words originate from and why utilization varies from quarter to sector. The Atlas includes:



  • ninety maps displaying the areas within which specific phrases, words and pronunciations are used

  • detailed commentaries explaining issues of linguistic, ancient and cultural interest

  • explanations of linguistic phrases, a bibliography for extra studying and a whole index.


Based at the Survey of English Dialects – the main huge checklist of English local speech – the Atlas is a desirable and informative advisor to the range of the English Language in England.

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