English Dialects

From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-107-40187-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 171 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skeat, Walter W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.