PREFACE
I. Dialects and their value.
The meaning of dialect. Phonetic decay
and
dialectic regeneration.
The words twenty, madam, alms.
Keats...
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The fame of the Reverend Walter William Skeat derives from his success in fulfilling his life's goal, which he avers in A Students Pastime (1896) was that of "rendering . . . help to my fellow creatur...
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English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day
Walter W. Skeat