English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
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English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
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PREFACE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
DIALECTS AND THEIR VALUE
CHAPTER II
DIALECTS IN EARLY TIMES
CHAPTER III
THE DIALECTS OF NORTHUMBRIA; TILL A.D. 1000
CHAPTER IV
THE DIALECTS OF NORTHUMBRIA; A.D. 1300-1400
CHAPTER V
NORTHUMBRIAN IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER VI
THE SOUTHERN DIALECT
CHAPTER VII
THE SOUTHERN DIALECT OF KENT
CHAPTER VIII
THE MERCIAN DIALECT
I. East Midland
II. West Midland
CHAPTER IX
FOREIGN ELEMENTS IN THE DIALECTS
CHAPTER X
LATER HISTORY OF THE DIALECTS
CHAPTER XI
THE MODERN DIALECTS
CHAPTER XII
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
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