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Description: | Jane recalls her childhood on a small farm in Wold Newton and reflects on the experiences of her own children growing up in a similarly isolated location. Driffield is a market town to the south of Wold Newton. Bainton is a small village southwest of Driffield. Filey (to the northeast of Wold Newton) and Scarborough (to the north) are holiday resorts on the east coast. Middleton refers to Middleton-on-the-Wolds, a village southwest of Bainton.
lexis
Tilley lamp = type of paraffin lamp
phonology
GOAT [8U > 8: ~ VU]; STRUT [@]; FACE [E:]; PRICE [a:I ~ aI]; START [A: > a:]; happY [I]
note also weren’t [wE:nt], boy [bQI], because [bIk@s], our [aU@], school [sk}:l] and COMplain [kQmplE:n]
grammar
there was + plural complement (there was quite a lot of other children; there was lots of children)
on + general time phrase (help dad get the sheep in on a night)
note use and phonetic quality of utterance final discourse marker you know [j@ n8U]. Note also the construction we were not to go near the dipping tub = we were not allowed to / not supposed to go near the dipping tub | 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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