English dialects : from the eighth century to the present day
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English dialects : from the eighth century to the present day
（The Cambridge manuals of science and literature）
Cambridge University Press, 2011
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English dialects : from the eight century to the present day
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Originally published: 1911
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-135) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Published in 1911, W. W. Skeat's English Dialects from the Eighth Century to the Present Day offers a sketch of the beginnings of dialects in England, the elements of Scandinavian and French influence on them, and their gradual development over a period of twelve hundred years.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Dialects and their value
- 2. Dialects in early times
- 3. The dialects of Northumbria, till AD 1300
- 4. The dialects of Northumbria, AD 1300-1400
- 5. Northumbrian in the fifteenth century
- 6. The southern dialect
- 7. The southern dialect of Kent
- 8. The Mercian dialect
- 9. Foreign elements in the dialects
- 10. Later history of the dialects
- 11. The modern dialects
- 12. A few specimens
- Bibliography
- Index
- Facsimile: the only English proclamation of Henry III.
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