Course paper Theme: Dialect words in English Content: Introduction

Course paper
Theme: Dialect words in English


Content:
Introduction……………………………………………………………….3
Chapter I. Features of studying the dialects of Great Britain…………6
1.1 English dialectology as a science …………………………………….6
1.2 Development of UK dialects………………………………………….12
Conclusion to the I chapter……………………………………………...19
Chapter II. Modern English Dialects……………………………………..20
2.1 Classification of modern English dialects…………………………….20
2.2 Features of modern English territorial dialects………………..…….23
Conclusion to the II chapter…………………………………...………….28
Conclusion…………………………………………………..……………...29
List of used literature……………………………………………………..31
Applications……………………………………………………………….33


Introduction.
The classification of modern English territorial dialects presents serious difficulties, because. their boundaries are very fluid, and the local standard is increasingly invading the area of ​​distribution of dialect speech. One of the most serious attempts was made by A. Ellis. Although this classification is not without flaws, on the whole it quite accurately reflects the dialect map of modern Great Britain and is accepted as the basis by many dialectologists. In general terms, based on the scheme of A. Ellis, modern English dialects can be classified as follows: northern dialects, divided into three subgroups - 1) Northumberland, north. Durham, 2) south. Durham, most of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Sev. Lancashire, the hilly part of the West Riding in Yorkshire, 3) the East Riding and North Riding in Yorkshire;
Middle dialects, subdivided into ten subgroups: 1) Lincolnshire, 2) southeast. Lancashire, north-east Cheshire, northwest Darbyshire, 3) north-west. Lancashire, south Ribble, 4) middle Lancashire, Isle of Man, 5) south Yorkshire, 6) most of Cheshire, north. Staffordshire, 7) most of Darbyshire, 8) Nottinghamshire, 9) Flint, Denby, 10) east. Shropshire, south Staffordshire, most of Warwickshire, south. Darbyshire, Leicestershire;
Eastern dialects, divided into five subgroups: 1) Cambridgeshire, Rutland, northeast. Northamptonshire, 2) most of Essex, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, middle Northamptonshire, 3) Norfolk and Suffolk, 4) most of Buckinghamshire, 5) Middlesex, southeast. Buckinghamshire, south Hertfordshire, southwest Essex;
Western dialects, divided into two subgroups: 1) zap. and southern Shropshire (west of the River Severn), 2) Herfordshire, except for its eastern part, Radnor, east. part of Bracknock;
Southern dialects, divided into ten subgroups: 1) part of Pembrokeshire and Glamorganshire, 2) Wiltshire, Dorsetshire, north. and east. Parts of Somersetshire, most of Gloucestershire, southwest Devonshire, 3) most of Hampshire, Isle of Wight, most of Berkshire, southern Surrey, west. part of Sussex, 4) sowing. Gloucestershire, east Herfordshire, Worcestershire, S. part of Warwickshire, north Oxfordshire, southwest Northamptonshire, 5) most of Oxfordshire, 6) north of Surrey, northwest. Kent, 7) most of Kent, east of Sussex, 8) west. Somersetshire, NE Devonshire, 9) east. Cornwall, most of Devonshire, 10) west. Cornwall.