English Dialect Dictionary

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The English Dialect Dictionary was compiled by Joseph Wright and published in six volumes between 1898 and 1905. This comprehensive work was the culmination of extensive collecting efforts, particularly those undertaken in the 19th century under the auspices of the English Dialect Society. It stands as a significant contribution to the study of regional language variations in England.1

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…collecting culminated in the splendid English Dialect Dictionary of Joseph Wright in six volumes (1898–1905). American regional speech was collected from 1774 onward; John Pickering first put a glossary of Americanisms into a separate book in 1816. The American Dialect Society, founded in 1889, made extensive collections, with plans for…
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…collecting culminated in the splendid English Dialect Dictionary of Joseph Wright in six volumes (1898–1905). American regional speech was collected from 1774 onward; John Pickering first put a glossary of Americanisms into a separate book in 1816. The American Dialect Society, founded in 1889, made extensive collections, with plans for…
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