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Description: | Sally talks about her unhappy childhood and reflects on how her relationship with her mother has improved since she left home. Clacton-on-Sea (Essex) and Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) are coastal resorts to the north of Ashford.
lexis
cause = because
phonology
T-glottaling; TH-fronting; L-vocalisation; /r/ ® [v/]
PRICE [AI ~ 6I]; FACE [aI]; MOUTH [aU > a:]; FLEECE [@i:]; GOOSE [}:]; GOAT [6U ~ 6}]; THOUGHT [O:U]; TRAP [{]; STRUT [6]; happY [@i]; lettER [6]
note also our [a:], little [lI?o], don’t they [dIn? D{I], started [stA:?Id], isn’t there [In? DE:], shouted [SaU?Id] and noticed [n6U?Ist]
grammar
first person plural was (we was always outside; we was most of the time outside playing and that; we was quite safe out there playing; the more time we spent out of the house, the more happier we was)
preterite come (not many cars come in or out; my mum (…) come out of herself more)
there is + plural complement (there’s women that do, isn’t there?)
double comparative (the more time we spent out of the house, the more happier we was) | 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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