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Description: | Paul expresses his delight at finally moving into a council flat in a much more pleasant environment than his previous home.
lexis
cause = because; less = fewer
phonology
H-dropping; T-glottaling
GOAT [O:]; FACE [E:]; PRICE [a:I ~ a:]; GOOSE [Uu:]; happY [I]
® [@]
note also one [wQn] and once [wQns], (be)cause [k@s ~ bIk@s], perhaps [pr/aps], couldn’t [kUnt], doesn’t [dUnt], nothing [nUTIn], with [wI], parties [pA:?Iz], shouldn’t [SUnt], I saw her upstairs [sO:w @r/ UpstE:z] at the bus-stop, didn’t [dInt], little [lI?=l] and only [O:nI]
grammar
have as full verb (I’ve a friend comes with his violin as well)
zero relative pronoun (I’ve a friend _ comes with his violin as well; there’s plenty of people _ do want ground floor flats)
there is + plural complement (there's so many elderly people; there’s no problems on the estate; there’s all different flats that are two-storey knocking about; there’s plenty of people do want ground floor flats)
third person singular were (residents complaining that the council were doing the weeding)
note the construction I’ve heard that many women at the bus-stop moaning about the steps = I’ve heard so many women at the bus-stop moaning about the steps | 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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