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Professor Tiner, Regarding Modern English dialects, as a foreign student of English, I came across two helpful books which may also be of some interest to you. P. Trudgill and A. Hughes, 'English Accents and Dialects' (Arnold) P. Trudgill, 'Dialects of England' (Blackwell) The former comes with cassettes containing samples of each dialect. Both are still in print and easily obtainable. Yoshimichi Suematsu ([log in to unmask]) At 3:12 PM -0400 20/10/01, ELZA TINER wrote: >REED Listserve: > >A question recently came up in one of my classes about the availability of >audio materials to study regional pronunciations of the English language, in >Great Britain. > >Do any of you know of materials used for the study of the spoken language >besides the usual distinctions of London, Cockney, and Scots, which our >theatre >director has on tape? Specifically, I am looking for examples of modern >English, to represent counties in these regions: > >Southwest >Kent >Midlands, east and west >Welsh border >Northern > >If possible, I would also like to know if anyone has made, in audio form, >reconstructions of what Middle English pronunciations might have sounded >like from these regions. Such materials could be used to train actors, so >they might be out there; I am just not aware of them. > >Thanks for any guidance! > >Elza C. Tiner >Geraldine Lyon Owen Professor of English >Lynchburg College >1501 Lakeside Drive >Lynchburg, VA 24501 -- Yoshimichi SUEMATSU ([log in to unmask])