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5a. Sample of dialect ―Wut! mare!‖ cried one of the men as he got out of their vehicle. ―Dang‘d if old Bess ain‘t here all by herself. She know there‘s summut not as ‗t should be, and‘s come to shaft to tell us.‖ […] ―C‘uck! Now then—come on! I reckon you know your way, or you wouldn‘t be here.‖ (p. 38) 5b.1 Orthography Respelling Wut Elision „ain‟t; „t; and‟s (note also elision of article in come to shaft) Eye dialect Dang‟d 5b.2 Grammar Non standard conjugation she know 5b.3 Vocabulary Lexis summut; C‟uck (note elision also) 5c. Dialect area represented Chester 5d. Density of dialect representation Moderately marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, manual worker 5g. Consistency of representation Consistent 5. Variety #3: un-named ‗boy‘ in prison with Christopher Tadpole 5a. Sample of dialect ―Was you ever in this jug afore?‖ […] ―Ah! but you‘ve been in others, I‘ll lay a penny,‖ continued the boy. ―Which do you likes the best on ‗em?‖ […] ―Ah!‖ he added, after a moment‘s pause, ―I should think so—not at all neither. You was never bonnet to a speeler at Egham races now—was you? Oh no! (p.409) 5b.1 Orthography Elision „em 5b.2 Grammar Non standard concord was you ever Non standard conjugation do you likes; you was; was you Non standard preposition use best on „em 5b.3 Vocabulary Lexis afore; speeler Idiom I‟ll lay a penny http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 84
5c. Dialect area represented Unspecified 5d. Density of dialect representation Lightly marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, underclass 5g. Consistency of representation Consistent 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties None noted 7. Other points of interest None noted Bullough Collection No. 429 Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, by Harriet Beecher Stowe 1. Publication details Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe Author dates: 1811-1896 Title: Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp Publication: London: Sampson Low; Edinburgh: Thomas Constable, 1856 First published: 1856 Library reference: 200351099 2. Genre / subgenre Anti-slavery novel 3. Brief Synopsis Slave rebellion story (quite ‗documentary‘ style in places), although mediated through more conventional romance form. Nina Gordon, plantation heiress is the main character, and the novel is essentially the story of her many romantic entanglements before settling down to marry liberal reforming character, Clayton. The slave rebellion is the backstory, as the slaves also live on the (failing) plantation Nina will inherit. 4. Overview of varieties / dialects Stowe represents the dialect of the slaves on each occasion that they speak. All other characters speak standard English. 5. Variety #1: Slave, Tomtit, who is the ‗property of Mrs. Nesbit‘ (p. 37) 5a. Sample of dialect Good law, Miss Nina, whar on earth dese yer come from? Good law, some on 'em for me, is n't 'er?" […] "Laws, missus, dat are hot? O, sure I was tickler to set the nose round to the fire." […] "Laws, now, wonder if I did," said Tomtit, assuming an abstracted appearance. "'Pears as if never can 'member which dem dare is nose, and which handle. Now, I 's a studdin http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 85
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male, low social class, unskilled;
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But the Lord ‗a mercy upon us, Mr
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5b.2 Grammar Non standard plural ma
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Eliot brothers code-switch on sever
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a-prefixing: I can‟t abear as for
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Cross-examined by Mr. England: ―H
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―Here we are, brother,‖ said Mr
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p. 237: ―I know little of them [R
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