Discovering English Dialects |
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Author:
| Wakelin, Martyn |
Illustrator:
| Widdowson, J. D. A. |
Series title: | Shire Discovering Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7478-0176-4 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2008 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Imprint: | Shire |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $11.95 |
Book Description:
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Describes the most significant features of English regional dialects, including in its scope the ancient vocabulary of the North, enriched by borrowings from medieval Norsemen, the important north/north midland dialect boundary, old forms of nouns like housen and childer and the remaining traces of extinct Cornish.
Describes the most significant features of English regional dialects, including in its scope the ancient vocabulary of the North, enriched by borrowings from medieval Norsemen, the important north/north midland dialect boundary, old forms of nouns like housen and childer and the remaining traces of extinct Cornish.