ENG385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Norfolk Dialect, John Trevisa, Norther
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Me midlands en passen (wycliffite translation); me north s gas (rolle translation) In the south, conservative language means a ending retained. In the midlands, development out of several different oe cases ending in n, including subjunctive, past tense plural, and present plural of certain verbs. Anglo-saxons; historical evidence shows this kind of mishearing likely: this sound ultimately generalized to most present-tense verbs, middle english dialect awareness crystalizing in the 14th century. Indexicality: use of linguistic features to indicate certain social stereotypes sou(cid:374)di(cid:374)g for(cid:373)s(cid:863) i(cid:374) the (cid:449)a(cid:455) that mak for(cid:373) the wakefield plays does below: canterbury tales: pilgrims from a variety of regions, but dialect only reflected in the. Ee(cid:448)e(cid:859)s tale; (cid:272)hara(cid:272)ters and narrators have their origins reflected linguistically. Indicators of northern dialect: dane-influenced gas, wagges, til and fra: fabliau plot: anti-romantic genre of ungentlemanly conduct featuring dishonest. In most english words, /y/ unrounded to / /, but not always.
