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A Dictionary of North East Dialect - Couverture souple

Griffiths, Bill

 
9781904794165: A Dictionary of North East Dialect
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1904794165 ISBN 13 : 9781904794165
Editeur : Northumbria University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Abackabeyont, bait-poke, cracket, drucken, etten, fettle, guissie pigs, hoy, inbye, jowl, kist, lonnin, marra, nyen, plote, queen-cat, reckling, skinch, tew, upcast, vine, willok, yem, zookers! If you enjoy finding out about dialect words how and where and when they were used and where they came from we think this is the best guide yet to help you explore the world of North East dialect. Bill Griffiths has made good use of his PhD in Old English to help record, research and explain the special Features of this dialect, which is as old as the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and as fresh as the stottie-cake in your local bakers.

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À propos de l'auteur

'The poet Bill Griffiths was an extraordinary writer: radical, experimental and scholarly, but also fun. His was the poetry of a biker, a cook, a boat owner and a social historian. he was also a scholar of Old English and dialect who knew how to make his work accessible.' The Independent

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Éditeur
Northumbria University Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1904794165
ISBN 13 
9781904794165
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
230
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Personne responsable
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