Analysis of sounds and spellings based on RP [i:] in the nineteenth-century Lancashire vernacular

Abstract

[ES] El dialecto de Lancashire ha tenido una extensa representación en la literatura. En este sentido, la literatura regional es considerada una herramienta eficaz en el estudio dialectal. Este artículo pretende analizar los sonidos y las grafías relacionadas con el grupo léxico FLEECE en el dialecto de Lancashire del siglo diecinueve a través de un análisis manual de varias obras de dialecto literario. Este estudio también examina la coexistencia de sonidos considerando razones históricas y dialectales.

[EN] The Lancashire dialect has been substantially represented in literature. In this sense, regional literature is believed to a be useful tool in dialect research. This paper attempts to analyze the sounds and spellings related to the FLEECE lexical set in the nineteenth-century Lancashire vernacular through the manual examination of several literary dialect works. This study also examines the coexistence of sounds on the grounds of historical and dialect reasons.