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Description: | Florence speaks about her early working life at Lister’s Mill in Bradford and recalls her life at home either side of the Second World War.
lexis
cause = because; plot night = bonfire night, 5th November
phonology
occasional T- glottaling (note 1959 [na:In?i:nfIftIna:In]); Yorkshire assimilation (my dad who was very proud, said [pr/aU?t sEd] “if you do that ...”)
PRICE [a:I]; NORTH[Q:]; CHOICE [QI]; GOAT [8U]; START [a: > A:]; FACE [e:]; STRUT [@]; happY [I > E]
note also (be)cause [bIk@z ~ bIkQz ~ kQs], among [@mQN], yes [j@s], one [wUn], wool [w8l], make [mEk], wasn’t [wOnt], donkey’s years [d8NkIz jE@z] and couldn’t [kUn?t]
grammar
inverted verb phrase as tag (it was only a small part, was the silk winding; it was just absolutely worldwide known, were Lister’s; they got 39s 6d, did my dad)
third person sigular were (were Lister’s; it were very hard; he were born in June) first person singular were (when I were working in the mill)
zero article (you just had _ wash-place)
note use and phonetic quality of utterance final discourse marker you know [j@ n8U ~ j@ n@U] | 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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