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The Shetland dialect /

"The traditional dialect spoken in the Shetland Isles, the northernmost part of Scotland and Britain, is highly distinct. It displays distinct, characteristic features on all linguistic levels and particularly in its sound system, or its phonology. The dialect is one of the lesser-known varieti...

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Main Author:	Sundkvist, Peter (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Series:	Routledge studies in world Englishes.
Subjects:	Shetland dialect. English language > Dialects > Scotland > Shetland. Scots language > Dialects > Scotland > Shetland. Shetland (Scotland) > Languages. English language > Dialects. Language and languages. Scots language > Dialects. Scotland > Shetland.

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