This blog provides a brief overview of Yorkshire dialect and its literature.
Here is the list of references used for this project:
Online articles:
- Braken, H. 2020. Emma. Novel by Austin. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Emma-novel-by-Austen. Accessed on 17 January 2020.
- Cooper, P. 2013. T’best place in t’world: definite article reduction and the enregisterment of “Yorkshire” dialect. Available at: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2001379/. Accessed on 17 January 2020.
- Cregan-Reid, V. 2020. Sense and Sensibility. Novel by Austen. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sense-and-Sensibility. Accessed on 17 January 2020.
- International Dialect of English Archive. 2020. Available at https://www.dialectsarchive.com/. Accessed on 18 January 2020.
- Southam, C.B. 2019. Jane Austen. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Austen. Accessed on 17 January 2020.
- The Yorkshire Dialect Society. 2014. Available at: http://www.yorkshiredialectsociety.org.uk/.
- World Heritage Encyclopedia (WHE). 2018. Available at: http://www.worldheritage.org/
Books:
- Bray, J. 2018. The Language of Jane Austen. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Ed. Hatfield, C.W. 1995. The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bronte. New York: Columbia University Press.
- Huges, A, P. Trudgill & D.Watt. 2012. English Accents & Dialects. Fifth ed. Kent: Hodder Education.
- Kellett, A. 2002. The Yorkshire Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore. Second ed. Otley: Smith Settle Ltd.
- McArthur, T. 1992. The Oxford Companion to the English Langue. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Ross, F., R. Stead & T.Holderness. 1877. A Glossary of Words Used in Holderness in the East-Riding of Yorkshire. English Dialect Society. Fifth ed. London: Trubner & Co.
- Todd, J. 2006. The Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Videosources:
- Ben Tyler. “Introduction to Yorkshire Dialect”. Youtube video, 2:44. Posted by “Yorkshire Prose,” November 2, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdzZXibW3B8
- Babbel. “School of British Accents – YORKSHIRE.” Youtube video, 1:47. Posted by “Babbel,” December 1, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au2h-otia64
- I Love Languages! “The Sound of the Yorkshire English Dialect (Numbers, Greetings, Story & Sample Texts).” Youtube video, 3:26. Posted by “I Love Languages!” June 27, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSYyiPmnnMg
- Ben Tyler. “Yorkshire Dialect Alphabet.” Youtube video, 1:39. Posted by “Yorkshire Prose,” January 26, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV2XUqGmc4Q
- BBC. “The Story of English.” Youtube video, 2:13. Posted by “Jamie van Brewen,” October 2, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScELaXMCVis
- Ben Tyler. “Nowt’s Same Today.” Youtube video, 3:40. Posted by “Yorkshire Prose,” March 18, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxuYrCSf-Zc
Audio recordings:
- International Dialect of English Achive (IDEA). “England 55.” Sound recording, 5:54. Uploaded by “IDEA,” January 27, 2004. https://www.dialectsarchive.com/england-55
- International Dialect of English Achive (IDEA). “England 74.” Sound recording, 2:56. Uploaded by “IDEA,” 2007. https://www.dialectsarchive.com/england-74
- International Dialect of English Achive (IDEA). “England 81.” Sound recording, 4:05. Uploaded by “IDEA,” No date provided. https://www.dialectsarchive.com/england-81