Studies in the Phonology of Colloquial English

This book, first published in 1984, presents a series of analysis of colloquial spoken language, to illustrate some of the variety of phonological features of British English. These studies provide significant insights into linguistic varieties and their inter-relationship as a phonological system and into social differentiation as reflected in linguistic variety. It represents a major in-depth analysis that will interest phonologists and workers and students of sociolinguistics.