| Title | : | The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire |
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| Author | : | James Jennings |
| Release | : | 2005-02-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Language Arts & Disciplines, Books, Professional & Technical, Education |
| Size | : | 136105 |
| The Glossary contains the fruit of years of unwearied attention to the subject; and it is hoped that the book will be of some use in elucidating our old writers, in affording occasional help to the etymology of the Anglo-Saxon portion of our language, and in exhibiting a view of the present state of an important dialect of the western provinces of England. A late excursion through the West has, however, induced the Author to believe that some valuable information may yet remain to be gathered from our Anglo-Saxon dialect—more especially from that part of it still used by the common people and the yeomanry. He therefore respectfully solicits communications from those who feel an interest in this department of our literature; by which a second edition may be materially improved. |
