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Description: | John explains a local expression, mentions his work in the mines, talks about his enjoyment of cricket and reflects with pride on his continued robust health. Hayle (just to the west of Gwinear) and Camborne (to the northeast) are nearby towns.
lexis
nit = not; clonk = to swallow something large or heavy; gay = broken piece of earthenware or china; get = to become; rear = to raise, bring up; a-bed = in bed
phonology
H-dropping; rhoticity; occasionally ® [v] (old-fashioned [@UL/v{S=nd]; also ® [z] (so [z@U]); ® [Z] (shop [ZAp]) and voiceless ® [D] (through [dr/u:])
MOUTH [EU]; FACE [e:I]; GOAT [O: ~ @U]; START [A`:]; NORTH [O`:]; NURSE [@`:]; SQUARE [E@`]; NEAR [I@`]; TRAP [{]; BATH [a:]; STRUT [U ~ V]; LOT [A]; lettER [@`]
note also carry [k{r/], with [wI ~ wId], half [a:f], mallard [mAl@`d], shards [SV`:dz], boy [bVI], one [wQn], better [bEd@`] and bottle [bAd=L/]
grammar
periphrastic do (anybody who do catch me, like = anybody who catches (= meets) me)
negative particle ® no (I don’t know whether he told ye or no; I don’t know whether he’s living still or no)
use of thee and ye (I don’t know whether he told ye or no; I don’t know what best tell thee; I tell thee, boy!; he said, “I’ve never examined a man like ye in my lifetime.”)
otiose of (I was telling of him about a fellah come down from Yorkshire = I was telling him about a fellah)
zero relative pronoun (I was telling of him about a fellah _ come down from Yorkshire; I’m the oldest man _ is here)
preterite come (I was telling of him about a fellah come down from Yorkshire; they come here, they said they’ve never examined a man like me in their life; he come in here)
preposition, at ® to (he lodged down here for a few days, down to Hayle)
zero to + infinitive (I’d like _ have a bit of old Cornish to carry back with me; I don’t know what best _ tell thee; they would make me come in _ have my photo took); for to + infinitive (this time don’t look very long for to look back on)
masculine object pronoun ® hine (we sent hine down to he; I told hine that I’ve captained the women now for eleven year; I’ll go in there and have a ordinary chat with hine); ® he (we sent hine down to he)
third person do + negative particle ® don’t (this time don’t look very long for to look back on)
zero auxiliary (we _ been married sixty year; only thing I _ got to do; he _ called Luke)
zero for + time phrase (we been married _ sixty year; we won the cup _ eleven year; I attended masons _ three or four year)
zero plural marker on noun (we been married sixty year; for eleven year; we won the cup eleven year; I attended masons three or four year)
past participle took (they would make me come in have my photo took)
multiple negation (then I wouldn’t go out no more)
preterite done (all these jobs I done, they never affected me at all)
determiner, those ® they (they doctors examined me last year; if I can get down the village and see some of they women)
preterite catched | 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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