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Description: | Thomas outlines a year in sheep farming and briefly mentions beef farming. He also explains how bread would be baked in an old brick oven. Barnstaple is a town to the northwest of Chawleigh.
lexis
cause= because; a-six = six; apt to = liable to, likely to; a-fifty = fifty; store cattle = cows acquired or kept for fattening; faggot = bundle of sticks used as fuel
phonology
hypercorrect [h] (in and out [hin @n 9Yt] and ewe [hjY:]); + V ® [d]; rhoticity; occasionally ® [v] (for [v@`:]) and ® [z] (some [zVm] and you see [j@ zi:])
MOUTH [9Y]; PRICE [a:I]; GOOSE [Y:]; GOAT [o:]; FACE [e:]; PALM [a:]; START [A`:]; NORTH [O`:]; NURSE [@`:]; BATH [a:]; lettER [@`]
note also in [i:n], one [wQn], getting [gEdIn], better [bEd@`], year [j@`:], isn’t [Id=n], frost [frQs], by [bI], half past [a:f pa:s], not [n@t], doesn’t [dVd=n], cattle [kad=L/], butter [bVd@`], and here [j@`:]
grammar
for + infinitive (for one reason and that is for get the early fat lamb)
zero auxiliary (they _ got to be fed better; I’ve done more feeding to ewes this year nor ever I _ done in my life)
comparative particle, than ® nor (I’ve done more feeding to ewes this year nor ever I done in my life)
non-standard word order with ever (I’ve done more feeding to ewes this year nor ever I done in my life = than I’ve ever done in my life)
+ past participle (I’ve a-stayed up years ago nearly all night for a cow calving)
feminine object pronoun ® she (I can remember she making cheese); neuter object pronoun ® hine (used to heat hine up with wood)
gender assigned to it (when he (= oven) turns, gets white hot, he’s ready to put the bread in)
note the construction it goes a long ways back = it goes a long way back | 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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