Phonetic features of English in Ireland

The problem of contacts is one of the central problems in modern linguistics. Languages and dialects live and develop in a continuous and close cooperation, which has an impact on all aspects and levels of language interaction. The complexity of linguistic processes in a given society is not a reflection of the internal organization of a single homogeneous system, but can be understood in terms of relations between several quantitatively different from each other's systems. It is recognized that the natural state of language - this change, not stability.

Introduction………………………………………………………………………..3

CHAPTER 1. History of Standard Scottish English
1.1. The Relationship of Scots to Other Germanic Languages……………………5
1.2. Dialectal features and typology of contemporary English……………………..8
CHAPTER 2. PHONOLOGY OF SCOTTISH ENGLISH
2.1. Segmental Features 11
2.1.1. Vowels 12
2.1.2. Consonants 19
2.2. Prosodic Features
2.2.1. Pitch, Intonation 21
2.2.2. Rhythm 22
2.3. Paralinguistic Features 22

Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………24
List of literature…………………………………………………………………...26