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Bunscombe‘s family (especially his wife) with a social non-standard variety as a means of drawing attention to the Bunscombe family‘s lowly origins. 5. Variety #1: Landlord of local pub 5a. Sample of dialect ―Ever wos such a man! Lord bless ye, yes; acoors there was. Ay, an‘ didn‘t ‗ee swear at ‗is boy Tim in style—him as be a big wig now—wen t‘ kid coomed to fetch un o‘ nights. His cusses was summat hawful, sir. Never heerd th‘ like, ‗cep once wen a detective cove nabbed a confidence trick ‗federate in this ‗ere bar; ‗ee wos sittin a‘most wer ye be, sir. Gad, ‗ee did let his tongue go that un. Well, owd Serjeant Bunny did th‘ same, but th‘ barn never let on as ‗ee heerd un, and ony wen blows seemed a comin‘ did Tim wake up. (p. 11) 5b.1 Orthography Elision an‟; „ee; t‟; o‟; th‟; „cep; a‟most; comin‟ (all marked with apostrophe) sittin (no apostrophe) Respelling acoors; coomed; owd; ony Eye dialect wos; wen; wer; Serjeant h-dropping and addition „is; hawful 5b.2 Grammar Non standard copula him as be Non standard pronoun ye 5b.3 Vocabulary Lexis Ay; un; summat Idiom never let on as 5c. Dialect area represented Unspecified 5d. Density of dialect representation Heavily marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, incidental, unskilled 5g. Consistency of representation Consistent 5. Variety #2: Bob Cutler, uncle of Bunscombe‘s wife, Penelope 5a. Sample of dialect ―Was you, tho? I‘m blest if I can see it. You wants to nobble me so as to make sure of my cash, that‘s wot you does. But I ain‘t a fool, though I‘m an owd un an‘ yer ain‘t comin over me, I say. Clear out, d‘ye hear?‖ (p. 75) 5b.1 Orthography Respelling owd; yer Elision „ain‟t; tho; an‟; d‟ye (apostrophised) comin (note no apostrophe) Eye dialect wot; blest 5b.2 Grammar http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, <strong>The</strong> University of Sheffield 98
Non standard concord was you Non standard conjugation you wants; wot you does 5b.3 Vocabulary Idiom d‟ye hear 5c. Dialect area represented Unspecified 5d. Density of dialect representation Moderately marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male, elderly, retired manual worker 5g. Consistency of representation Consistent 5. Variety #3: Mrs Buncome 5a. Sample of dialect ―My goodness gracious me,‖ she cried, before she was half inside the room, ―whatever are you two a-doing in here, argufying in the cold? If you hadn‘t made such a row, I‘d a thought you were gone out.‖ (p. 106) 5b.1 Orthography Elision I‟d a 5b.2 Grammar Non standard inflection argufying 5b.3 Vocabulary Archaism a-doingr 5c. Dialect area represented Unspecified 5d. Density of dialect representation Lightly marked 5e. Location of dialect Dialect in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Female, aspiring 5g. Consistency of representation Consistent 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties None noted 7. Other points of interest German accent represented on pp. 63 and 65. http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, <strong>The</strong> University of Sheffield 99
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Special collections and archives: T
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Ward, Mrs Humphry, The History of D
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5b.1 Orthography Elision „avin Re
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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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Moderately marked 5e. Location of d
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First published: ? Library referenc
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4. Overview of varieties / dialects
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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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5g. Consistency of representation C
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6. Narrative comments on dialects a
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nobleman born. James and Thomas, me
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5d. Density of dialect representati
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5b.3 Vocabulary Nothing noted 5c. D
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Respelling kerridge h-addition / de
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Bullough Collection No. 79 The Life
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Non standard plural seventeen year
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5b.2 Grammar None noted 5b.3 Vocabu
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