No Cover Image

Journal article 587 views

Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.

Benjamin A. Jones

Tradition Today, Volume: 5, Pages: 20 - 34

Swansea University Author: Benjamin A. Jones

Full text not available from this repository: check for access using links below.

Check full text

Abstract

Due to Gwent’s position on the border between Wales and England, the historicregion shares a hybrid identity of both Welshness and Englishness. During theage of traditional dialectology (i.e. nineteenth century until the mid-twentiethcentury), Gwent’s Anglo-Welsh dialect was investigated twice, firs...

Full description

Published in: Tradition Today
ISSN: 2050-0920
Published: The Centre for English Traditional Heritage 2016
Online Access: Check full text

URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59812
first_indexed 2022-04-13T09:12:04Z
last_indexed 2022-05-07T03:33:45Z
id cronfa59812
recordtype SURis
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?><rfc1807><datestamp>2022-05-06T15:43:04.9935136</datestamp><bib-version>v2</bib-version><id>59812</id><entry>2022-04-13</entry><title>Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.</title><swanseaauthors><author><sid>a83d5f12c1a58d27a4265f24032d3ac0</sid><firstname>Benjamin A.</firstname><surname>Jones</surname><name>Benjamin A. Jones</name><active>true</active><ethesisStudent>false</ethesisStudent></author></swanseaauthors><date>2022-04-13</date><deptcode>CACS</deptcode><abstract>Due to Gwent&#x2019;s position on the border between Wales and England, the historicregion shares a hybrid identity of both Welshness and Englishness. During theage of traditional dialectology (i.e. nineteenth century until the mid-twentiethcentury), Gwent&#x2019;s Anglo-Welsh dialect was investigated twice, first by the SED(Survey of English Dialects, circa 1951-1960) and then the SAWD (Survey ofAnglo-Welsh dialects, circa 1971) &#x2013; a testament to its ambiguous cultural/political identity. These studies provided substantial lexical information on theregion. A decade ago, collections of dialectal material by BBC Voices, an internetproject conducted between 2004 and 2005, provided not only new frameworks fordialect surveying (internet-based), but also additional material for Gwent English.This paper summarises some of the findings of a further internet-based dialectsurvey constructed in 2013 that elicited the speech of 44 young people in Gwentand assessed their regional lexis and their linguistic identity. The material wasthen compared with the historic dialect records to determine whether there hadbeen changes in Gwent English between the 1970s and 2013. Results indicatedthat the region still contained lexis obtained by the SAWD and Voices, but newlexis was also recorded, some of which was of Welsh origin, whilst other sourcesstemmed from American English and internet slang. Their linguistic identity/perception was also, understandably, complex.</abstract><type>Journal Article</type><journal>Tradition Today</journal><volume>5</volume><journalNumber/><paginationStart>20</paginationStart><paginationEnd>34</paginationEnd><publisher>The Centre for English Traditional Heritage</publisher><placeOfPublication/><isbnPrint/><isbnElectronic/><issnPrint>2050-0920</issnPrint><issnElectronic/><keywords/><publishedDay>1</publishedDay><publishedMonth>3</publishedMonth><publishedYear>2016</publishedYear><publishedDate>2016-03-01</publishedDate><doi/><url>http://www.centre-for-english-traditional-heritage.org/traditiontoday5c.html</url><notes>http://www.centre-for-english-traditional-heritage.org/traditiontoday5c.html</notes><college>COLLEGE NANME</college><department>Culture and Communications School</department><CollegeCode>COLLEGE CODE</CollegeCode><DepartmentCode>CACS</DepartmentCode><institution>Swansea University</institution><apcterm>Not Required</apcterm><lastEdited>2022-05-06T15:43:04.9935136</lastEdited><Created>2022-04-13T10:07:13.2794820</Created><path><level id="1">Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences</level><level id="2">School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics</level></path><authors><author><firstname>Benjamin A.</firstname><surname>Jones</surname><order>1</order></author></authors><documents/><OutputDurs/></rfc1807>
spelling 2022-05-06T15:43:04.9935136 v2 59812 2022-04-13 Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items. a83d5f12c1a58d27a4265f24032d3ac0 Benjamin A. Jones Benjamin A. Jones true false 2022-04-13 CACS Due to Gwent’s position on the border between Wales and England, the historicregion shares a hybrid identity of both Welshness and Englishness. During theage of traditional dialectology (i.e. nineteenth century until the mid-twentiethcentury), Gwent’s Anglo-Welsh dialect was investigated twice, first by the SED(Survey of English Dialects, circa 1951-1960) and then the SAWD (Survey ofAnglo-Welsh dialects, circa 1971) – a testament to its ambiguous cultural/political identity. These studies provided substantial lexical information on theregion. A decade ago, collections of dialectal material by BBC Voices, an internetproject conducted between 2004 and 2005, provided not only new frameworks fordialect surveying (internet-based), but also additional material for Gwent English.This paper summarises some of the findings of a further internet-based dialectsurvey constructed in 2013 that elicited the speech of 44 young people in Gwentand assessed their regional lexis and their linguistic identity. The material wasthen compared with the historic dialect records to determine whether there hadbeen changes in Gwent English between the 1970s and 2013. Results indicatedthat the region still contained lexis obtained by the SAWD and Voices, but newlexis was also recorded, some of which was of Welsh origin, whilst other sourcesstemmed from American English and internet slang. Their linguistic identity/perception was also, understandably, complex. Journal Article Tradition Today 5 20 34 The Centre for English Traditional Heritage 2050-0920 1 3 2016 2016-03-01 http://www.centre-for-english-traditional-heritage.org/traditiontoday5c.html http://www.centre-for-english-traditional-heritage.org/traditiontoday5c.html COLLEGE NANME Culture and Communications School COLLEGE CODE CACS Swansea University Not Required 2022-05-06T15:43:04.9935136 2022-04-13T10:07:13.2794820 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics Benjamin A. Jones 1
title Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.
spellingShingle Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.
Benjamin A. Jones
title_short Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.
title_full Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.
title_fullStr Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.
title_full_unstemmed Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.
title_sort Gwent English: A comparative investigation of lexical items.
author_id_str_mv a83d5f12c1a58d27a4265f24032d3ac0
author_id_fullname_str_mv a83d5f12c1a58d27a4265f24032d3ac0_***_Benjamin A. Jones
author Benjamin A. Jones
author2 Benjamin A. Jones
format Journal article
container_title Tradition Today
container_volume 5
container_start_page 20
publishDate 2016
institution Swansea University
issn 2050-0920
publisher The Centre for English Traditional Heritage
college_str Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
hierarchytype
hierarchy_top_id facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences
hierarchy_top_title Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
hierarchy_parent_id facultyofhumanitiesandsocialsciences
hierarchy_parent_title Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
department_str School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics{{{_:::_}}}Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences{{{_:::_}}}School of Culture and Communication - English Language, Tesol, Applied Linguistics
url http://www.centre-for-english-traditional-heritage.org/traditiontoday5c.html
document_store_str 0
active_str 0
description Due to Gwent’s position on the border between Wales and England, the historicregion shares a hybrid identity of both Welshness and Englishness. During theage of traditional dialectology (i.e. nineteenth century until the mid-twentiethcentury), Gwent’s Anglo-Welsh dialect was investigated twice, first by the SED(Survey of English Dialects, circa 1951-1960) and then the SAWD (Survey ofAnglo-Welsh dialects, circa 1971) – a testament to its ambiguous cultural/political identity. These studies provided substantial lexical information on theregion. A decade ago, collections of dialectal material by BBC Voices, an internetproject conducted between 2004 and 2005, provided not only new frameworks fordialect surveying (internet-based), but also additional material for Gwent English.This paper summarises some of the findings of a further internet-based dialectsurvey constructed in 2013 that elicited the speech of 44 young people in Gwentand assessed their regional lexis and their linguistic identity. The material wasthen compared with the historic dialect records to determine whether there hadbeen changes in Gwent English between the 1970s and 2013. Results indicatedthat the region still contained lexis obtained by the SAWD and Voices, but newlexis was also recorded, some of which was of Welsh origin, whilst other sourcesstemmed from American English and internet slang. Their linguistic identity/perception was also, understandably, complex.
published_date 2016-03-01T08:10:36Z
_version_ 1821392279127982080
score 11.04802

Similar Items