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Description: | Dennis remembers his involvement as a young draughtsman with the design of an improved crane for a small shipyard on the Tyne in 1961. He paints a vivid picture of the hive of activity on the river at that time.
phonology
glottal reinforcement of /k/ (thinking [TIN?k@n ~ TIN?kIN] and workers [w@:?k{z]); also of /p/ (capable [ke:?p@b=l], opportunity [Q?p@tju:n@?ti], happen [ha?p=m], helping [hEl?pIN] and purposes [p@:?p@sIz]) and of /t/ (opportunity [Q?p@tju:n@?ti], situation [sI?tjue:S=n], little [lI?t=l], fighting [faI?tIN], capacity [k@pas@?ti], responsibility [r/@spQns@bIl@?ti], into [In?t@], twenty-one [twEn?tiwQn], riveters [r/Iv@?t@z], fittings [fI?tINz] and 1961 [naIn?ti:nsIkstiwQn])
FACE [e: > e:@]; GOAT [o:]; PRICE [aI >EI]; lettER [{]
® [u:k ~ Uk]
note also office [Qf@s], with [wIT] and nothing [nQTIN]
grammar
there was + plural complement (there was huge shipyards)
zero plural marker on noun (hundred foot long; fifty foot wide) | 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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