English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1912]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
Chapters (190)(click to expand)
- 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
- INDEX
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