English After RP by Geoff Lindsey

English After RP by Geoff Lindsey

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Summary

This book concisely describes ways in which today's standard British English speech differs from the upper-class accent of the last century, Received Pronunciation, which many now find old-fashioned or even comic.

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English After RP by Geoff Lindsey

This book concisely describes ways in which today's standard British English speech differs from the upper-class accent of the last century, Received Pronunciation, which many now find old-fashioned or even comic.
Geoff Lindsey is Honorary Lecturer in Linguistics, and Director of the Summer Course in English Phonetics, at University College London, UK. He works internationally as a pronunciation and accent tutor and is co-editor of the online dictionary CUBE. He has also worked in film and TV as a writer and director.

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ISBN 13 9783030043568
ISBN 10 3030043568
Title English After RP
Author Geoff Lindsey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year published 2019-03-07
Number of pages 153
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