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English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day

By Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat

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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
- 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).
  - 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.
  - 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.
  - The Harnet and the Bittle.
  - Southern (Group 3): Isle of Wight.
  - Southern (Group 7): East Sussex.
- Scottish (Group 3): Aberdeen.
- Scottish (Group 7): Ayrshire.
  - The Twa Dogs (Cæsar and Luath).
- 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.
- 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.
- The Harnet and the Bittle.
- Southern (Group 3): Isle of Wight.
- Southern (Group 7): East Sussex.
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