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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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Researching the Shetland dialect
  • The Shetland Isles: Language and society
  • Fieldwork in the Shetland Isles: Methodological issues
  • The vocabulary and grammar of the Shetland dialect
  • The sound system of the Shetland dialect
  • An acoustical survey of the Shetland dialect vowel system
  • An acoustical survey of vowel and consonant duration in the Shetland dialect
  • Conclusion: The description of the Shetland dialect and areas for future research.