Northern English
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Javier Ruano-García
Abstract
This chapter looks at Northern English lexis and spelling through the evidence provided by literary representations of the North written between 1500–1700 and 1800–1900. It provides a diachronic overview of the lexical and spelling information given by a group of texts included in the Salamanca Corpus. We argue that these kinds of artefacts are valuable repositories of data that add to the lexical record of Northern English, and at the same time that the spellings used in literary representations of Northern English give historical insight into processes like the northern lack of rounding or oo-fronting.
Abstract
This chapter looks at Northern English lexis and spelling through the evidence provided by literary representations of the North written between 1500–1700 and 1800–1900. It provides a diachronic overview of the lexical and spelling information given by a group of texts included in the Salamanca Corpus. We argue that these kinds of artefacts are valuable repositories of data that add to the lexical record of Northern English, and at the same time that the spellings used in literary representations of Northern English give historical insight into processes like the northern lack of rounding or oo-fronting.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- List of contributors ix
- The North of England and Northern English 1
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The North of England
- The enregisterment of Northern English 27
- The Great Vowel Shift in the North of England 51
- Morphosyntactic features of Northern English 71
- The history of present indicative morphosyntax from a northern perspective 99
- Northern English 131
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Locations within the North
- Tyneside 161
- Sunderland 183
- Carlisle and Cumbria 205
- Sheffield 227
- Middlesbrough 251
- Lancashire 271
- Manchester English 293
- Language attitudes and divergence on the Merseyside/Lancashire border 317
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The North
- Borders and boundaries in the North of England 345
- The East Midlands 369
- The West Midlands 393
- Between North and South: The Fenland 417
- The north above the North 437
- Non-native northern English 459
- Index 479
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- List of contributors ix
- The North of England and Northern English 1
-
The North of England
- The enregisterment of Northern English 27
- The Great Vowel Shift in the North of England 51
- Morphosyntactic features of Northern English 71
- The history of present indicative morphosyntax from a northern perspective 99
- Northern English 131
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Locations within the North
- Tyneside 161
- Sunderland 183
- Carlisle and Cumbria 205
- Sheffield 227
- Middlesbrough 251
- Lancashire 271
- Manchester English 293
- Language attitudes and divergence on the Merseyside/Lancashire border 317
-
The North
- Borders and boundaries in the North of England 345
- The East Midlands 369
- The West Midlands 393
- Between North and South: The Fenland 417
- The north above the North 437
- Non-native northern English 459
- Index 479
