Pronouncing Early Modern English and Scots: Reassessing the evidence for 'non-standard' speech in Early Modern Britain

中世纪和1700年后，英格兰和苏格兰语言的地区差异是很容易理解的。然而，早期现代地区语言受到了以伦敦为中心的关注和学术“向标准化迈进”的影响。这项研究挑战了“宏大叙事”，并调查了早期语言学家（正字词学家）关于英格兰北部、威尔士和苏格兰语言的材料。这种分散的方法将使早期现代发音的研究与历史语言学的当前趋势保持一致。重要的是，它将使正字法实践的背景化，并允许更好地理解中世纪时期和规范性言语标准出现之间的区域发音。

Regional variation in the speech of England and Scotland is well-understood for the medieval period and post-1700. Early modern regional speech, however, has suffered from a London-centric focus and a 'march towards standardisation' in scholarship. This study challenge the 'grand narrative' and investigate material from early linguists - orthoepists - concerning speech in Northern England, Wales, and Scotland. This decentred approach will align the study of early modern pronunciation with current trends in historical linguistics. Importantly, it will contextualise orthoepic practice and allow for better understanding of regional pronunciation between the medieval times and the emergence of prescriptive speech standards.