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Description: | Ronald looks back on his memories as a young hand on his father’s farm and as a horse-breaker on a number of local farms. He mentions several injuries he has endured as a result of his work.
lexis
bob = shilling; hae = to have; sin = ago; beast = cattle; in again = near to; lunge = to put horse through its paces in circular training ground using leash; middling = fairly, quite; fro = from; again = next to, beside; hint = behind; aye = yes; over = more than; naught = nothing; yet = still, now as formerly; yance = once; backend = late autumn; and all = too, as well, also
phonology
definite article + C ® [?t]; definite article + V ® [t]; H-dropping; /r/ ® [r/ > 4]
START [a:]; FACE [E:]; MOUTH [Uu: ~ u:]; GOAT [o:]; FLEECE [I@]; PRICE [a:]; happY [I]
® [wa]; ® [@]
note also born [bU@n], I should think [as TINk], first [fQst], to [tI], do [dI@ ~ dUu:], more [mO: ~ mE@], father [faD@ ~ fE@D@], four [faU@], work [w@r/k], turnip [tQn@p], afternoon [Eft@nI@n], once [wUns], horses [QsIz], always [O:l@z], break [br/Ek], broke [br/Qk] and broken [br/Qk=n], young one [jUN@n], get [gIt] and getten [gIt=n], onto + V [QntIv], ground [gr/Und], fro + V [fr/Ev], with [wIv], head [I@d], over [Qv@ ~ aU@], naught [naUt], right [r/Ii:t], yet [jIt], into + V [IntIv] and only [O:nI]
grammar
relative pronoun ® what (the first wage what I had; it was a big company what had them)
zero plural marker on nouns (three bob a week; sixty year sin; two year)
first person singular were (once I were)
determiner, those ® them (in them days)
first person singular is (I’m more of a horseman now than I is a tractor fellow; I’s lame now; I’s bandaged yet)
agent preposition, by ® with (I’ve had my hip knocked out with a beast; I had them broken with a horse yance)
past participle getten (I’d getten again the calf)
adjective as adverb (two year, very near)
multiple negation (they could’nt do naught; they didn’t do naught much)
note use and phonetic quality of utterance initial discourse marker why [waI] and utterance final discourse marker you know [j@ nQ:] | 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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