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

Originally published in 1915, this book presents a detailed guide to the Hackness dialect as spoken at the time.

G. H. Cowling (Author)

9781107658004, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 December 2013

220 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.29 kg

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'. The text is divided into two main parts, with the first analysing phonetic elements of the dialect and the second examining its grammatical structure and examples of usage. A bibliography and comprehensive glossary are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in local dialects and linguistics.

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.

Subject Areas: Language: history & general works [CBX]