English Dialects
by Walter W. Skeat
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About this eBook
- Author
- Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912
- Title
- English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
- Credits
- Produced by David Starner, Louise Hope and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PE: Language and Literatures: English
- Subject
- English language -- Dialects
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 15755
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15755
- Release Date
- May 3, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.PREFACE — TABLE OF CONTENTS — CHAPTER I
- 2.DIALECTS AND THEIR VALUE — CHAPTER II
- 3.DIALECTS IN EARLY TIMES — CHAPTER III
- 4.THE DIALECTS OF NORTHUMBRIA; TILL A.D. 1000 — CHAPTER IV
- 5.THE DIALECTS OF NORTHUMBRIA; A.D. 1300-1400 — CHAPTER V
- 6.NORTHUMBRIAN IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY — CHAPTER VI
- 7.THE SOUTHERN DIALECT — CHAPTER VII
- 8.THE SOUTHERN DIALECT OF KENT — CHAPTER VIII
- 9.THE MERCIAN DIALECT — I. East Midland — II. West Midland — CHAPTER IX
- 10.FOREIGN ELEMENTS IN THE DIALECTS — CHAPTER X
- 11.LATER HISTORY OF THE DIALECTS — CHAPTER XI
- 12.THE MODERN DIALECTS — CHAPTER XII
- 13.A FEW SPECIMENS — Scottish (Group 3): Aberdeen. — Scottish (Group 7): Ayrshire. — The Twa Dogs (Cæsar and Luath). — Scottish (Group 8): Edinburgh. — Northern (England); Group 2: Westmoreland. — Midland (Group 1): Lincoln. — Midland (Group 2): S.E. Lancashire. — Owd Pinder. — Midland (Group 5): Sheffield. — Midland (Group 6): Cheshire. — Eastern (Group 2): N. Essex. — Eastern (Group 3): Norfolk. — Western (Group 1): S.W. Shropshire. — Southern (Group 2): Wiltshire. — The Harnet and the Bittle. — Southern (Group 3): Isle of Wight. — Southern (Group 7): East Sussex. — BIBLIOGRAPHY — INDEX
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