The Mersey Sound: Liverpool's Language, People and Places
- ISBN-10
- 095444633X
- ISBN-13
- 9780954446338
- Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Open House Press
- Authors
- Anthony Grant, Clive Grey
Description
This latest publication from Open House Press represents the first major book on Liverpool's English. It brings together a set of fascinating insights into the areas history, its place names and the contexts for the development of that well-known variety of English, Scouse. Contributors to the volume are all linguists based in or connected with the Liverpool region, and the chapters together represent the state of current scientific research into Merseyside's language.
