print email comment close English Accents and Dialects URL: http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/collections/dialects/ Description: "All languages change over time and vary according to place and social domain, as is perfectly illustrated by these extracts taken from two large audio resources held in the British Library Sound Archive. ... Together, they provide a fascinating overview of spoken English during the second half of the 20th century." Includes dozens of browsable sound clips and a glossary. A part of the British Library Collect Britain project. Publisher: The British Library Library of Congress Subject Headings: English language -- Accents and accentuation English language -- Dialects English language -- Great Britain Sound recordings LII Database Information: Record 9618 created by Sybil Finemel on 02/21/2004 Last modification on 02/29/2004 Published: 02/21/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9618