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Description: | Isaac describes some of the work he has done on the farm and talks about the farm buildings. Pertenhall is a village just to the south of Kimbolton.
lexis
drill = small furrow in which seed is sown; while = till; bait = to feed (of horses); bar = apart from; hames = two curved pieces of wood or metal fastened to, or forming collar of draught horse; ‘tween = between; mangel = mangel-wurzel (root vegetable used as cattle feed)
phonology
H-dropping
MOUTH [EU]; PRICE [AI]; START [A: > a:]; FACE [{I]; FLEECE [i: ~ i:@]; STRUT [V ~ 6]; TRAP [{]
note also go [gu:], one [wOn] and none [nOn] and once [wVns], furrow [TVr/@], brasses [br/A:sIz] and after [a:ft@]
grammar
multiple negation (of course, they hadn’t got no machines; ain’t none about I shouldn’t think, now)
third person singular be + negative particle ® ain’t (ain’t none about I shouldn’t think, now)
zero plural marker on nouns (two mile; for twelve year)
past participle ® fell (they’ve all fell down now, though) | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | University of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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