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Description: | Lenore recalls the harsh winters of many years before and tells the story of her family's role as keepers of the Leyland clock – a former landmark on the A6 north of Kendal. The Jungle Café was a popular transport café on this stretch of the A6.
phonology
very occasional H-dropping
FACE [E:]; GOAT [o:]; NORTH [Q:]; START [a:]; CHOICE [QI]; happY [I ~ i]
note also nothing [nQTIn], once [wQns], one [wQn], because [bIkQs], years [j@:z], November [n@vEmb@], April [E:pr/Il] and make [mEk]
grammar
adjective as adverb (real hard winter)
zero plural marker on nouns (two pound)
there was + plural complement (there was six of these Leyland clocks)
to be + past participle (it is stopped = it has stopped; it was stopped = it had stopped)
preterite treat [tr/Et] (they treat us well)
note use and phonetic quality of utterance final discourse marker you know [j@ no:] and construction it’ll come a real hard winter = there will be a really hard winter | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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