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Description: | Harry talks about harvesting and ploughing and describes the general pattern of a working day on the farm.
lexis
sheaf = bundle of corn after reaping; afore = before; at the finish = at the end; bever = snack taken in fields
phonology
L-vocalisation (meals [mIi:oz] and field [fiod]); glottal reinforcement of /t/ (cutter [ka?t@] and winter [wIn?t@])
MOUTH [EU]; PRICE [AI]; START [a:]; FLEECE [Ii:]; FACE [{I]; CLOTH [O:]; TRAP [{]; STRUT [a]; BATH [A: ~ a:]
note also rabbITS [r/{b@ts] and half [ha:f]
grammar
preterite come (you had to get them all cleared out afore the machine come again; till the Scotchmen come this way) | 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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