Eng dialects

Question 1

kentish (me)

Answer 1

southeast corner of england, the country of kent.

Question 2

southern (me)

Answer 2

southern england, area south of severn of thames river. dialect of London, ancestor of working class sociolect such as cockney in middle english

Question 3

west midlands (me)

Answer 3

western part of england, east of welsh border. some Scandinavian settlement. sometimes shared features with southern

Question 4

east midlands (me)

Answer 4

eatsern england south of humber estuary and north of London. significant Scandinavian population. became the basis for standard English. great economic trade center.

Question 5

northern (me)

Answer 5

north, south of scotland. extensive scandinavian settlement. old norse influence is significant. closely related to middle scots.

Question 6

what are the four main dialects of old English?

Answer 6

anglian (northumbrian and mercian) west saxon, kentish

Question 7

what did the oe dialects change into in me?

Answer 7

northrumbrian-northern, mercian-midlands, west saxon became southern, kentish-kentish

Question 8

standardised west saxon

Answer 8

does not show language change in the other dialects such as loss of inflections and borrowings from old norse.

Question 9

why does old english look so different from middle english

Answer 9

the norman invasion interrupted the standardisation of old English. old English was standard and by middle english it was no longer standardized which makes them seem more different in comparison.