Phonology of the Devonshire Dialect A research-based analysis of its sound system and historical evolution based on available studies and fieldwork findings.
Heftet /
2026
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781918131024
Publisert
2026-03-01
Utgiver
The Cloister House Press
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
176 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
252
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
Geoffrey Dearson was born in Brixham, Devon and grew up in the South Hams. He is the author of the online Devonshire Dialect Dictionary hosted by the Devonshire Association at Exeter. After studies and research into French and Linguistics, he taught in Devon, France, Sweden and Norway, whilst carrying out, part-time, a study of the Devon dialect, under the auspices of Exeter University.
Immediately prior to retirement, he was responsible for introducing the new syllabus, examination papers, mark-schemes and teaching-notes for the International Baccalaureate’s French as a Foreign Language. During his twenty years at the International School of Stavanger, he compiled French-English, English-French dictionaries for both IGCSE and IB students, for in-house use only, in addition to many linguistic studies which have never graced a publisher’s desk.
Since his retirement as Head of Languages at the ISS, he has pursued his research interests into Devonshire place-names and has now completed a huge study of Devonshire place-names.
A scholarly analysis of the phonology of the Devonshire dialect, based on extensive research and fieldwork, detailing its historical context and phonetic features. 4000 instances of dialect pronunciation, selected from a corpus of over 14,000 lexical items collected during this study, are categorized and exemplified. The study incorporates new dialect information from the "Linguistic Atlas of Late Middle English" (1989) and evaluates data from the "Survey of English Dialects" (1962-71) for the first time. It shows what is distinctive in the Devonshire dialect’s vowels and consonants, and identifies two significant linguistic boundaries or isoglosses. Flaws in previous studies are highlighted, and the use of photograph cue-cards, created by the author, are recommended in fieldwork elicitations of dialect speech.
Many original maps and charts aid the reader to visualize the distribution of various dialect pronunciations, and a full Dialect Questionnaire is appended.
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Definitive phonological study of the Devonshire dialect, grounded in fieldwork, mapping distinctive vowels, consonants and isoglosses with thousands of exemplified pronunciations.
1. Introduction; 2. Extent of Devonshire dialect study to date ; 3. Research methodology; 4. The linguistic atlas of late medieval English [lalme]; 5. The survey of English dialects [sed];6. Phonology of the Devonshire dialect; 7. Conclusion ; 8. Appendices; 9. Bibliography
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781918131024
Publisert
2026-03-01
Utgiver
The Cloister House Press
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
176 mm
Dybde
11 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
252
Forfatter
Biografisk notat
Geoffrey Dearson was born in Brixham, Devon and grew up in the South Hams. He is the author of the online Devonshire Dialect Dictionary hosted by the Devonshire Association at Exeter. After studies and research into French and Linguistics, he taught in Devon, France, Sweden and Norway, whilst carrying out, part-time, a study of the Devon dialect, under the auspices of Exeter University.
Immediately prior to retirement, he was responsible for introducing the new syllabus, examination papers, mark-schemes and teaching-notes for the International Baccalaureate’s French as a Foreign Language. During his twenty years at the International School of Stavanger, he compiled French-English, English-French dictionaries for both IGCSE and IB students, for in-house use only, in addition to many linguistic studies which have never graced a publisher’s desk.
Since his retirement as Head of Languages at the ISS, he has pursued his research interests into Devonshire place-names and has now completed a huge study of Devonshire place-names.