English Dialects
English Dialects
From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
Walter W. Skeat
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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.
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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.
