Grammar Of The Dialect Of Windhill, In The West Riding Of Yorkshire eBook

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The dialect belongs to the Eastern North Midland group, which embraces the whole Of South Yorkshire. Dr. Ellis (eepr. V. P. 364) distinguishes nine varieties: The Western group containing var. I. Huddersfield and var. 2. Halifax. The North Central group containing var. 3. Keighley, var. 4. Bradford, var. 5. Leeds, var. 6. Dewsbury. The South Central group containing var. 7. Rotherham and var. 8. Sheffield. The Eastern group containing var. 9. Doncaster and the Eastern slip. Of these nine varieties the Windbill dialect is most closely related to numbers 3. 4. 5.