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5b.1 Orthography Elision thinkin‟; an‟ Respelling wust; fambly; Capting‟s; iggspect (note especially h-addition hunder; hill-tempered; hown; hover and h-addition in comb. with elision hanticipatin‟ and h-addition in comb. with h-deletion hit‟s „is hown fault) Eye dialect wot; pore 5b.2 Grammar double negative wont be no credit 5b.3 Vocabulary Archaism a-thinkin‟; Idiolect wicious; wiolentest 5c. Dialect area(s) represented Unspecified 5d. Density of dialect representation Densely marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect in dialogue and reported speech 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, unskilled, peripheral character 5g. Consistency of representation No evidence of code-switching 5. Variety #5: Wilkins, groom at Dorincourt Castle 5a. Sample of dialect "He's a well plucked un, he is," Wilkins remarked in the stable afterward with many grins. "It weren't no trouble to put him up. An' a old un wouldn't ha' sat any straighter when he were up. He ses--ses he to me, 'Wilkins,' he ses, 'am I sitting up straight? They sit up straight at the circus,' ses he. An' I ses, 'As straight as a arrer, your lordship!'--an' he laughs, as pleased as could be, an' he ses, 'That's right,' he ses, 'you tell me if I don't sit up straight, Wilkins!'" (p. 145). "Him, your lordship!" exclaimed Wilkins. "I shouldn't say as he knowed what it meant. I've taught young gen'lemen to ride afore, an' I never see one stick on more determinder." (p. 147) 5b.1 Orthography Elision ha‟; an‟; gen‟lemen Respelling arrer; ses 5b.2 Grammar Non standard determiner a old un Non standard conjugation it weren‟t; he were; Irregular verb regularised he knowed Non standard comparative determinder 5b.3 Vocabulary Idiom a well plucked un Archaism afore 5c. Dialect area(s) represented Unspecified http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 34
5d. Density of dialect representation Moderately marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect entirely in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, elderly, peripheral character 5g. Consistency of representation No evidence of code-switching 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties None noted 7. Other points of interest Dialect is marked in reported speech throughout this text: if a character‘s dialogue is represented with markers of dialect, then his/her reported speech will feature the same conventions Set in America to begin with, before moving to England. Familial opposition to America / Americans represented by figuring AmE as ‗slang‘. For example, Cedric uses the term square to describe Dick (boot-black, see above) when speaking to Mr Havisham: ‗It would make you mad you know, if you were […] being square all the time, and your partner wasn‘t square at all.‘ (p. 40). The narrative following this dialogue refers to Cedric ‗quoting his friend Dick‘s bits of slang in the most candid good faith‘ (p. 41). Later still, when Cedric is speaking to the Earl, the term appears again: [C]edric answered: "Well, there was Dick," he said. "You'd like Dick, he's so square." This was an Americanism the Earl was not prepared for. "What does that mean?" he inquired. Lord Fauntleroy paused a moment to reflect. He was not very sure himself what it meant. He had taken it for granted as meaning something very creditable because Dick had been fond of using it. "I think it means that he wouldn't cheat any one," he exclaimed; "or hit a boy who was under his size, and that he blacks people's boots very well and makes them shine as much as he can. He's a perfessional bootblack." (p. 85). Note narrative comment also considers this ‗slang‘. Bullough Collection No. 63 De Omnibus Rebus by Mrs W. Pitt Byrne 1. Publication details Author: Byrne, Mrs W. Pitt Author dates: 1819-1894 Title: De omnibus rebus: an old man‟s discursive ramblings on the road of everyday life; by the author of “Flemish interiors” Publication: London: John C. Nimmo, 1888 First published: 1888 2. Genre/ subgenre Collection of observations, anecdotes, and essays. 3. Brief synopsis Loosely based around buses; their history and development; journeys on buses; their passengers and drivers. The ‗discursive ramblings‘ of the title is probably as apt a description as any. 4. Overview of varieties / dialects http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 35
Page 1 and 2: Special collections and archives: T
Page 3 and 4: Ward, Mrs Humphry, The History of D
Page 5 and 6: 5b.1 Orthography Elision „avin Re
Page 7 and 8: male, low social class, unskilled;
Page 9 and 10: But the Lord ‗a mercy upon us, Mr
Page 11 and 12: 5b.2 Grammar Non standard plural ma
Page 13 and 14: Moderately marked 5e. Location of d
Page 15 and 16: First published: ? Library referenc
Page 17 and 18: 4. Overview of varieties / dialects
Page 19 and 20: Eliot brothers code-switch on sever
Page 21 and 22: a-prefixing: I can‟t abear as for
Page 23 and 24: Cross-examined by Mr. England: ―H
Page 25 and 26: ―Here we are, brother,‖ said Mr
Page 27 and 28: p. 237: ―I know little of them [R
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Page 33: nobleman born. James and Thomas, me
Page 37 and 38: 5b.3 Vocabulary Nothing noted 5c. D
Page 39 and 40: Respelling kerridge h-addition / de
Page 41 and 42: Bullough Collection No. 79 The Life
Page 43 and 44: Non standard plural seventeen year
Page 45 and 46: 5b.2 Grammar None noted 5b.3 Vocabu
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Page 49 and 50: (Or at least this was the drift of
Page 51 and 52: Respelling mak 5b.2 Grammar None no
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Page 57 and 58: Very generic non-standard. Not even
Page 59 and 60: mean - crowds of ‗em would come i
Page 61 and 62: "Bless my heart, what vules we be!
Page 63 and 64: 5a. Sample of dialect ―I hope tha
Page 65 and 66: Bullough Collection No. 274 The Com
Page 67 and 68: "I bit thankit 'im, 'cause I tint m
Page 69 and 70: ‗cause why, they pipe-clays their
Page 71 and 72: Female (and also some male) Barbadi
Page 73 and 74: ―Where‘s Phil Mooney? Come alon
Page 75 and 76: ―So help me God, gemmen, you no g
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Page 79 and 80: Respelling hoow‟s; soond; mair; N
Page 81 and 82: Female, domestic servant 5g. Consis
Page 83 and 84: None noted Bullough Collection No.
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5c. Dialect area represented Unspec
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North Carolina, United States 5d. D
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5b.1 Orthography Transposition v an
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5a. Sample of dialect "‖Hollooo o
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Surtees himself came from landed ge
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5b.3 Vocabulary Lexis low words 5c.
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5f. Characteristics of dialect spea
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Non standard concord was you Non st
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