A History of the Welsh English Dialect in Fiction

Jones, Benjamin A.; Jones, Benjamin

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A History of the Welsh English Dialect in Fiction / Benjamin Jones

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The systematic study of language varieties in fictional texts have primarily focused upon written material. Recently, linguists have also added audio-visual genres to the analytic framework of literary dialect studies. Studies have traditionally examined writers’ lexical, phonological, and grammatic...

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Published:	2018
Institution:	Swansea University
Degree level:	Doctoral
Degree name:	Ph.D
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