Dictionary of Yorkshire Dialect, Tradition and Folklore
Author : Arnold Kellett
Publisher : Hachette Digital
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Arnold Kellett
Publisher : Hachette Digital
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,15 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : William Rollinson
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 39,21 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Country life
ISBN :
Author : Kai Roberts
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,26 MB
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0752489542
The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in Britain, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of shared tradition, a characteristic body of folklore has thrived and endured well into the present day. Folklore of Yorkshire chronicles such beliefs throughout the whole county, identifying distinctive common themes, placing them in their historical context, and considering their social and psychological function. You’ll discover Yorkshire’s holy wells and buried treasure, its boggarts, Black Dogs and fairies, and the legends behind the county’s stunning landscape. This fully illustrated book shows how the customs of the past have influenced the ways of today, while also revealing something about the nature of folklore itself, both for the tradition-bearers and those who collect it.
Author : Yorkshire Dialect Society
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 2005
Category : English language
ISBN :
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Author : Howard Peach
Publisher : Sigma Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 34,3 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781850587934
Author : David Paynter
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,24 MB
Release : 1997
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Chris Montgomery
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 34,58 MB
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107098718
This book explores twenty-first century approaches to place by bringing together a range of language variation and change research.
Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316867374
Audio recordings of English are available from the first half of the twentieth century and thus complement the written data sources for the recent history of the language. This book is the first to bring together a team of globally recognised scholars to document and analyse these early recordings in a single volume. Looking at examples of regional varieties of English from England, Scotland, Ireland, the USA, Canada and other anglophone countries, the volume explores both standard and vernacular varieties, and demonstrates how accents of English have changed between the late nineteenth century and the present day. The socio-phonetic examinations of the recordings will be of interest to scholars of historical linguistics, the history of the English language, language variation and change, phonetics, and phonology.
Author : Sara M. Pons-Sanz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 16,75 MB
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3031309472
This edited book examines the multilingual culture of medieval England, exploring its impact on the development of English and its textual manifestations from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The book offers overviews of the state of the art of research and case studies on this subject in (sub)disciplines of linguistics including historical linguistics, onomastics, lexicology and lexicography, sociolinguistics, code-switching and language contact, and also includes contributions from literary and socio-cultural studies, material culture, and palaeography. The authors focus on the variety of languages in use in medieval Britain, including English, Old Norse, Norn, Dutch, Welsh, French, and Latin, making the argument that understanding the impact of medieval multilingualism on the development of English requires multidisiplinarity and the bringing together of different frameworks in linguistics and cultural studies to achieve more nuanced answers. This book will be of interest to academics and students of historical linguistics and medieval textual culture.
Author : Howard Peach
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 30,5 MB
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0750952717
This is a charming compendium of historical oddities, curious customs and strange events from across West Yorkshire. Laid out in an easy to use A-Z format it explores a vast range of subjects, from folklore and legends to Yorkshire's strangest buildings, artefacts and memorials (including a drinker's tomb made from a beer barrel). Here also are some of Yorkshire's most eccentric characters and famous former inhabitants, and the stories behind some of the oddest events that have occurred in the county - and perhaps even in the whole of the British Isles. With countless Civil War curiosities, tragic tales and hilarious happenings, 'tha couldna mak it up!'. Richly illustrated with both modern and archive images, it will delight residents and visitors alike.