3.5 Welsh and Irish English外国文学名著导读.pdf

Chapter Three 3.5 Welsh and Irish English Welsh English Welsh English shares many of the linguistic features of southern England. Pronunciation Features (1) Rhotic accent (/r/). (2) Loss of initial /h/. (3) Strongly trilled /r/ and the velar fricative /x/ (ch). (4) /e:/ and /o :/ are in place of diphthongs. (5) The final vowel is a decidedly long monophthong /i:/. (6) A “singsong” intonation consisting of a rising-falling contour at the end of utterances. Syntactic Features (1) do to indicates an action regularly performed; (2) A preference for topic-comment sentence constructions; (3) The use of double and triple negatives; Syntactic Features (4) Generalized use of isn’t it? in tag questions; (5) There’s for How ; (6) Frequent use of you see and look you Vocabulary Features eisteddfod (a cultural festival in Wales) clennig (a gift of money) Irish English Pronunciation Features (1) /r/ is pronounced in all positions. (2) The use of “clear” /l/ in all positions. (3) Retention of the contrast between /hw/ and /w/. (4) /θ/ and /ð/ have merged with /t/ and /d/, respectively. (5) The vowels of some words are commonly /e :/ and /o :/. (6) Words spelled with ea and pronounced in RP as /i :/ are pronounced /e :/ in IrE. (7) -ing is –in. Syntactic Features (1) The curious matter of the “after perfect”. (2) Non-RP interrogatories. (3) The ‘do+be’ construction is frequent. (4) Use of the reflexive pronoun in sentences. 有缘学习更多+谓ygd3076考证资料 Vocabulary Features Taosieach (“Prime Minister”) Conclusions (1) There is great variation and impurity in British English; (2) Each variety of English has its own unique features; (3) No variety of English is superior, as di