The Essex dialect of the English language ( Engl. Essex dialect ) is a rapidly disappearing dialect, similar to some forms of the dialects of English East England and mainly distributed in the north, east, and also in the center of Essex county. This dialect is very similar to the dialects of Suffolk and Norfolk , but also has its own characteristics. Given the high rates of urbanization in England, as well as in connection with the authorities' policy of evicting people from the London agglomeration, a moderate form of London accent - estuarine English - became the most common in the south of the country. As a result of the increasing influence of London, the use of village accents and the Essex dialect is now often (but not always) attributed to representatives of the older generation, which puts the very existence of the Essex dialect at serious risk. In areas remote from London, Essex County, the dialect (including the characteristic accent) is still actively used.
For example, the dialect is very widespread, even among young people, in the coastal city of Harwich . The presence of this dialect among the residents of the city is one of its key features - they pronounce the name “Kharidzh” as arridge. In nearby Manningtree , residents call him mannintree, missing g.
Most of the distinguishing features of the dialect, including the manner of speech and vocabulary, were recorded in the late nineteenth - early twentieth centuries [1] [2] . The study of the dialects of the English language 1950-1961. in Essex was held in 14 places, most of which were in rural areas in the north of the county. Such a large number of places for research was not chosen by chance: nine additional areas were investigated during the implementation of the Fulbright program after the main study [3] .
The dialect was illustrated by the Essex Dialect Handbook [4] , and recently Essex County Records recorded a special CD containing speech in the Essex dialect in order to preserve it [5] [6] .
Pronunciation
- use of diphthong [aɪ], common to all East English dialects and other rural dialects of English, for example, right> 'roight'
- shortening certain long vowels from [i:] to [ɪ], for example , been> 'bin', seen> 'sin'
- omission of sound [j] , as well as Norfolk and Suffolk dialects
- omission of sound [l] , for example, old> 'owd'
- sounds often disappear to simplify pronunciation, for example: wonderful> 'wunnerful', correctly> 'creckly', St Osyth> 'Tozy'
Grammar
The variety of situations in which the verb “do” is used, typical of Suffolk and Norfolk , is absent in the Essex dialect.
Notes
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2 ]
- ↑ Craig Fees, The Imperilled Inheritance: dialect and folklife studies at the University of Leeds 1946-1962, Part 1: Harold Orton and the English Dialect Survey Archived on September 25, 2013. , page 20
- ↑ [ Archived copy . Date of treatment November 26, 2009. Archived October 30, 2010. [3]]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ [5 ]