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Peter Trudgill, The dialects of England. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. Pp. x,154. Pb $26.95. Paul Foulkes & Gerard Docherty (eds.), Urban voices: Accent studies in the British Isles. London: Arnold, 1999. Pp. xiii, 313. Pb $24.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2002

Matthew J. Gordon
Affiliation:
English, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, [email protected]

Abstract

Reports of the death of heterogeneity in British speech have been greatly exaggerated. Most Language in Society readers are certainly already aware of this, and two recent books will help communicate this point to people outside the field.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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