English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day

English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day

English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present DayThe following brief sketch is an attempt to...
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Author: Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William),1835-1912
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English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day

English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day

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English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William),1835-1912
Format: eBook
Language: English

English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day

The following brief sketch is an attempt to present, in a popular form, the history of our English dialects, from the eighth century to the present day. The evidence, which is necessarily somewhat imperfect, goes to show that the older dialects appear to have been few in number, each being tolerably uniform over a wide area; and that the rather numerous dialects of the present day were gradually developed by the breaking up of the older groups into subdialects. This is especially true of the old Northumbrian dialect, in which the speech of Aberdeen was hardly distinguishable from that of Yorkshire, down to the end of the fourteenth century; soon after which date, the use of it for literary purposes survived in Scotland only. The chief literary dialect, in the earliest period, was Northumbrian or Anglian, down to the middle of the ninth century. After that time our literature was mostly in the Southern or Wessex dialect, commonly called Anglo-Saxon, the dominion of which lasted down to the early years of the thirteenth vi century, when the East Midland dialect surely but gradually rose to pre-eminence, and has now become the speech of the empire. Towards this result the two great universities contributed not a little. I proceed to discuss the foreign elements found in our dialects, the chief being Scandinavian and French. The influence of the former has long been acknowledged; a due recognition of the importance of the latter has yet to come. In conclusion, I give some selected specimens of the use of the modern dialects. I beg leave to thank my friend Mr P. Giles, M.A., Hon. LL.D. of Aberdeen, and University Reader in Comparative Philology, for a few hints and for kindly advice. W. W. S. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 15755
Author: Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
Release Date: May 3, 2005
Format: eBook
Language: English

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