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Despite the comment at 4 (above), there are some interesting dialect features – notably the use of for and for ; in addition, the incidence of dialectspecific Lexis and Idiom is unusually high. 5. Varieties: generic „yokel‟ (occurs when author relates a tale of West Country life) 5a Sample of dialect [W]hen suddenly you hear a shout,--a yell,-- two or three such exclamations as— ‗There a‘ ees!‘—‗Thic‘s he!‘—‗At ‗un, Juno!‘—‗Yonder a goeth!‘—‗Hurrah!‘—‗Vollow un up!‘—‗Yaw Awicks!‘ and ‗Oh! My leg!‘ You know by this, that ‗the game‘s a foot;‘ (p. 42) [on watching badger-baiting] ―Richard Cockle,‖ he would often say, ―being twenty years butler to old ‗Squire Borfield, ha‘ made vriends among the gentlevolks. The petty sessions is held in his best parlour, now and then; he hath a‘ got a pair o‘ post-horses, and tidy tits they be, I must say; his house is made post-office; and excise-office, to the tail o‘ that—for this and the five nearest parishes; he pays for a wine license, and hath two or three gentlevolks, may be once a month, for an hour or two; but not much oftener, as there be vew do travel a cross-country road; and he do call one room in his house a tap:-but for all that, and his powdered head to boot, gi‘ me The Chough and Stump still.‖ (p. 63) 5b.1 Orthography Elision a‟; „un (but note un also appears without an apostrophe) gi‟ V for f vollow; vriends; gentlevolks; vew Respelling ees for is 5b.2 Grammar Non standard pronoun un (and „un); a‟ (and a) Non standard copula sessions is; there be Non standard comparative oftener Non standard conjugation do travel; he do (although may be unusual use of dummy verb do) 5b.3 Vocabulary Idiom to the tail o‟ that Archaism goeth; hath Dialect Lexis Thic‟s; Yaw Awicks; tidy tits 5c. Dialect area(s) represented West Country (regional dialect) 5d. Density of dialect representation Moderately heavily marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect entirely in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, incidental / peripheral 5g. Consistency of representation No evidence of code-switching 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties None noted 7. Other points of interest None noted http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 40
Bullough Collection No. 79 The Life and Adventutes of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist, by Henry Cockton 1. Publication details Author: Henry Cockton Author dates: 1807-1853 Title: The Life and Adventutes of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist Publication: London: Walter Scott, 18--? First published: Library reference: 200350674 2. Genre / subgenre Literary fiction 3. Brief Synopsis Suffolk-born Valentine Vox learns the skill of ventriloquism, firstly for his own amusement, and subsequently to cause chaos in public places. 4. Overview of varieties / dialects Many of Valentine‘s ‗voices‘ are marked for dialects. This text differes from others in the survey insofar as, where non-standard varieties occur, it is the same character ‗speaking‘ them throughout. 5. Variety #1 Suffolk 5a. Sample of dialect ―What‘s that?‖ cried Maxill, a short stumpy man, with a raw-beefy face, ―I begs to rise to order. I claims the protection of the cheer, and if so be as Mr. Creedale means as it‘s me, why sir, I repels the insiniwation—(applause)—and means to say this, that all I can say is—is this---― (p.18) 5b.1 Orthography Respelling cheer (chair); insiniwation 5b.2 Grammar Non standard conjugation I begs; I claims: I repels 5b.3 Vocabulary Idiom if so be as 5c. Dialect area represented Suffolk 5d. Density of dialect representation Lightly marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect entirely in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Incidental character, no indication of status in text 5g. Consistency of representation One occurrence only (but consistent within that) 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties A street entertainer who purports to be of some ‗exotic‘ origin is described as follows: http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 41
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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
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Page 73 and 74: ―Where‘s Phil Mooney? Come alon
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5a. Sample of dialect "‖Hollooo o
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