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Russian
Heading: 
Linguistics
Article type: 
Article
UDC: 
811.111’282:811.15
DOI: 
10.18500/1817-7115-2020-20-2-168-172
EDN: 
FSOWWU

Celtic Influence on the Formation and Contemporary State of Scouse

Autors: 
Zolotarev Mikhail Vladimirovich, Saratov State University
Nazarova Raisa Zifirovna, Saratov State University
Abstract: 

The article describes the results of the phonetic, lexical and grammatical analysis of the audio files recording the speakers of Liverpool English dialect. Based on the conducted analysis the authors explain how Celtic languages influenced the formation and contemporary state of Scouse.

Key words: 
English dialects
Scouse
Celtic languages
lenition
rhoticity
Liverpool
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Received: 
20.01.2020
Accepted: 
25.02.2020
Available online: 
25.05.2020
Published: 
25.05.2020