Dialect of Hackness (North-East Yorkshire) - With Original Specimens, and a Word-List

Klappentext Originally published in 1915, this book presents a detailed guide to the Hackness dialect as spoken at the time. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1915! this book presents a detailed guide to the Hackness dialect then 'spoken by agriculturalists and their labourers on the Wolds and in the Dales of North-Eastern and Eastern Yorkshire'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in local dialects and linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Bibliography; Abbreviations; Phonetic symbols; Introduction; Part I: 1. The phonology of the modern dialect; 2. The phonology of the dialect in Middle English; 3. The development of the M.E. vowels in stressed syllables - the English element; 4. The development of the M.E. vowels in stressed syllables - the Scandinavian element; 5. The development of the M.E. vowels in stressed syllables - the French element; 6. The vowels in unstressed syllables; 7. The consonants; 8. The historic originals of the present vowel-system; Appendix. Tabular statement of the vowel development; Part II: 1. A grammar of the dialect; 2. Specimens of the dialect; Word-list; Index.

Product details

• Authors: G. H. Cowling, G.h. Cowling
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2013
• EAN: 9781107658004
• ISBN: 978-1-107-65800-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, Yorkshire, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Dialect, slang & jargon, Dialect, slang and jargon