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These subdivided states, petty if we regard either territory or population,--all appertained to one vast general family. They spoke the same language, though the dialects might slightly differ (p.60) Finally, a suggestion that dialect equates to ‗corruption‘ of ‗perfect‘ language I cannot quit this subject [language], however, without observing by what slight changes in the dialects favoured by different tribes of the same race, the original signification and beauty of sounds may become confused and deformed. Zee told me with much indignation that Zummer (lover) which in the way she uttered it, seemed slowly taken down to the very depths of her heart, was, in some not very distant communities of the Vril-ya, vitiated into the half-hissing, half-nasal, wholly disagreeable, sound of Subber. I thought to myself it only wanted the introduction of n before u to render it into an English word significant of the last quality an amorous Gy would desire in her Zummer (pp. 93-94) 7. Other points of interest None noted Bullough Collection No. 279 Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald 1. Publication details Author: MacDonald, George Author dates: 1824-1905 Title: Sir Gibbie Publication: London: Dent; New York: Dutton, 1914 First published: 1879 Library reference: 200350875 2. Genre / subgenre Literary fiction 3. Brief synopsis The ‗Sir Gibbie‘ of the title is abandoned by his drunken father, and eventually meets evangelising woman. Much discussion of religion. 4. Overview of varieties / dialects Set in Scotland, and features much representation of Scottish national variety. 5. Variety #1: local family in conversation 5a. Sample of dialect He pointed to the kennel, and drew back from the door. "I thank ye," she said heartily, and pressing down the thumbstall of the latch, went in. "Wha's that ye're colloguin' wi', Mysie?" asked her mother, somewhat severely, but without lifting her eyes from her wires. "Ye maunna be speykin' to loons i' the street." "It's only wee Gibbie, mither," answered the girl in a tone of confidence. "Ou weel!" returned the mother, "he's no like the lave o' loons." "But what had ye to say till him?" she resumed, as if afraid her leniency might be taken advantage of. "He's no fit company for the likes o' you, 'at his a father an' mither, an' a chop (shop). Ye maun hae little to say to sic rintheroot laddies." "Gibbie has a father, though they say he never hid nae mither," said the child. "Troth, a fine father!" rejoined the mother, with a small scornful laugh. "Na, but he's something to mak mention o'! Sic a father, lassie, as it wad be tellin' him he had nane! What said ye till 'im?" http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 66
"I bit thankit 'im, 'cause I tint my drop as I gaed to the schuil i' the mornin', an' he fan't till me, an' was at the chopdoor waitin' to gie me't back. They say he's aye fin'in' things." "He's a guid-hertit cratur!" said the mother, -- "for ane, that is, 'at's been sae ill broucht up." 5b.1 Orthography Elision wha‟s; wi‟; im; me‟t; o‟ Respelling mak; weel; mither; nae; schuil [note chop is glossed in parentheses as shop] 5b.2 Grammar Non standard conjugation I gaed; I‟ve seed; we pays Double negative he never hid nae mither 5b.3 Vocabulary Lexis maun; fant; thankit; nane; colloguin‟; rintheroot 5c. Dialect area(s) represented Scottish (national variety) 5d. Density of dialect representation Heavily marked 5e. Location of dialect Variety occurs in dialogue 5f. Characteristics of dialect speakers Male/female characters, peripheral, manual /semi-skilled 5g. Consistency of representation Consistent; no code-switching 6. Narrative comments on dialects and varieties None noted 7. Other points of interest Unusually, opening sentence features dialect; the first words of the first chapter appear as follows: "Come oot o' the gutter, ye nickum!" cried, in harsh, half-masculine voice, a woman standing on the curbstone of a short, narrow, dirty lane, at right angles to an important thoroughfare, itself none of the widest or cleanest. Bullough Collection No. 290 Peter Simple by Captain Marryat 1. Publication details Author: Marryat, Frederick (Captain) Author dates: 1792-1848 Title: Peter Simple Publication: London and New York: John Lane and the Bodley Head, 1894 First published: 1834 Library reference: 200350886 2. Genre / subgenre Sea adventure 3. Brief Synopsis http://librarysupport.shef.ac.uk /bullough.pdf Copyright © 2007, The University of Sheffield 67
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