The Geoffrey Bullough Collection - Temporary Home Page ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

2. Genre / subgenre Military novel 3. Brief synopsis Describes hardships and frustrations of military life, but with strong focus on the benefits of comradeship. 4. Overview of varieties / dialects On the whole, non-standard or dialect representation occurs as a social variety (officers‘ dialogue is rendered in standard English, while the troops‘ dialogue is marked for accent or dialect); an interesting exception is the military doctor, O‘Toole, whose Irish accent / dialect is marked. 5. Variety # 1: troops in conversation 5a. Sample of dialect ―I ain‘t got no patience with him! What would become of us all if he was to break his neck? Why it wouldn‘t be like the same regiment without him!‖ ―I wouldn‘t serve another day in a troop but his,‖ said another; ―not if they was to make me sergeant-major of it!‖ ―Well done, sir! Hooray for the Cap‘en! He‘s reached Mr. Molter.‖ ―Well done, sir!‖ ―He‘s letting him down by the rope.‖ ―My eye! what a almighty smash the Cap‘en would come now if he was to lose his hold!‖ ―And as I‘m a sinner, he‘s only got a piece of lead piping to hold on to with one hand!‖ ―Och! Holy Frost! he‘d ought to be an Oirishman for the loikes ‗o that!‖ ―Well, Mr. Molter, wotever took you up there? You‘ve got to thank the Cap‘en for getting‘ you down again.‖ (p.80) 5b.1 Orthography Elision Cap‟en; o‟ Eye dialect wotever Respelling loikes; Oirishman 5b.2 Grammar Non standard conjugation not if they was Non standard determiner a almighty Non standard auxiliary verb order he‟d ought to be Double negative I ain‟t got no patience 5b.3 Vocabulary Idiom My eye! Holy Frost! Lexis Och; 5c. Dialect area(s) represented Social (generic ‗troops‘) + ‗Oirish‘ 5d. Density of dialect representation Lightly marked 5e. Location of dialect Variety occurs only in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male characters, peripheral, manual /semi-skilled 5g. Consistency of representation Dialogue of un-named troops remains fairly consistent http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 54
5. Variety #2: Dr O‟Toole, Assistant surgeon of the regiment 5a. Sample of dialect Well, Clennell, ould boy! I‘ve been seeing about it all the morning for ye. Shure, the procadings of the Board have been made out in duplicate and thriplicate; and the mimbers have all soigned them, and the principal medical officer‘s counter-soigned them, and the prisident‘s soigned them […]‖ (p. 123) 5b.1 Orthography Eye dialect shure; ould Respelling procadings; mimbers; soigned 5b.2 Grammar None noted 5b.3 Vocabulary Idiolect thriplicate 5c. Dialect area(s) represented Irish (‗somewhat Hibernian‘ (p. 122)) 5d. Density of dialect representation Lightly marked 5e. Location of dialect Variety occurs only in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male character, minor, educated 5g. Consistency of representation Remains consistent; no evidence of code-switching 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties None noted 7. Other points of interest None noted Bullough Collection No. 235 After London and Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies 1. Publication details Author: Jeffries, Richard Author dates: 1848-1887 Title: After London and Amaryllis at the Fair Publication: London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd; New York: E.P. Dutton &Co. Inc., 1939 First published: 1885 and 1886 respectively After London (pages 1-197) 2. Genre / subgenre Dystopia/utopia – fantasy adventure story set in the future after the fall of modern society following some unspecified disaster. 3. Brief synopsis First section describes the various tribes now living in the British Isles from the point of the utopian/dystopian future and speculates about past history (our present). http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 55
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
Page 29 and 30: 5g. Consistency of representation C
Page 31 and 32: 6. Narrative comments on dialects a
Page 33 and 34: nobleman born. James and Thomas, me
Page 35 and 36: 5d. Density of dialect representati
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
Page 47 and 48: 5f. Characteristics of dialect spea
Page 49 and 50: (Or at least this was the drift of
Page 51 and 52: Respelling mak 5b.2 Grammar None no
Page 53: ―He‘s a rum-un to look at,‖ s
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
Page 77 and 78: 5d. Density of dialect representati
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.
Page 85 and 86: 5c. Dialect area represented Unspec
Page 87 and 88: North Carolina, United States 5d. D
Page 89 and 90: 5b.1 Orthography Transposition v an
Page 91 and 92: 5a. Sample of dialect "‖Hollooo o
Page 93 and 94: Surtees himself came from landed ge
Page 95 and 96: 5b.3 Vocabulary Lexis low words 5c.
Page 97 and 98: 5f. Characteristics of dialect spea
Page 99 and 100: Non standard concord was you Non st
show all

The Geoffrey Bullough Collection - Temporary Home Page ...

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?