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dc.contributor.supervisorHagiwara, Robert (Linguistics)en
dc.contributor.authorMitton, Trudy
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-05T16:45:23Z
dc.date.available2010-10-05T16:45:23Z
dc.date.issued2010-10-05T16:45:23Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4259
dc.description.abstractThis study is a descriptive analysis of the occurrence of the sociolinguistic variables of pronunciation associated with all forms of ‘there’ and Non-Standard There-tag (NST-tag) in Bathurst English. Participants were interviewed and the occurrences of ‘there’ were obtained through the use of sociolinguistic interviews with 15 speakers. The incidences of ‘there’ were sorted based on grammatical category and pronunciation and were subsequently analyzed based on age and gender. The results indicate that older speakers use non-standard pronunciations of ‘there’ more than younger speakers and they also use NST-tag more than younger speakers. Younger speakers mostly use standard pronunciations of ‘there’ and use NST-tag very little. This may indicate age and gender grading or a change in progress in that vernacular is giving way to more standard speech in this community.en
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectthereen
dc.subjectsociolinguisticsen
dc.subjectBathurst Englishen
dc.subjectNST-tagen
dc.subjectpronunciationen
dc.subjectgrammaren
dc.titleA descriptive analysis of the grammar and variable pronunciation of 'there' and the non-standard there-tag in Bathurst Englishen
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
dc.degree.disciplineLinguisticsen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeGhomeshi, Jila (Linguistics) Soderstrom, Melanie (Psychology)en
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2011en


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