Scouse: The Urban Dialect of Liverpool

Description

This Ph.D. begins with a brief consideration of fieldwork, followed by a general discussion of the Scouse dialect of Liverpool. The main problem for description is found to be the phonology rather than the grammar or the vocabulary. The question is raised of the relation between Anglo-Irish and North-Western English in the formation of Scouse. Before the phonology proper, attention is paid to articulatory setting and voice quality. In the phonology, rhythm and the rhythmic framework are taken as basic, and essential for the identification of the peculiarities of Scouse. Intonation is closely related to rhythm, and vowels and consonants are described in the context of rhythmically defined syllables. Finally, a number of phonological variables are discussed, and the nature of the variation is identified by reference to the Scouse sound patterns described in earlier chapters.

Metadata

Identifier xft1gk8b
IRN 409918
Class Mark LAVC/SRP/1/022
Level File
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/xft1gk8b
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations
Creator(s) Knowles, Gerald O
Date 1973
Size and Medium ix, 347 bound typed leaves, 51.

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