单词 | midland dialect |
释义 | > as lemmasMidland dialect Midland dialect n. (a) (with reference to the Middle English period) the group of dialects (divided into East and West Midland dialects) spoken in the region between those of the ‘northern’ and ‘southern’ dialects; in addition to the central parts of England this region included South Lancashire, the Welsh borders, Lincolnshire, and East Anglia; (b) (in A. J. Ellis's 19th-cent. classification of modern English dialects) the dialect of an area extending from Wharfedale in Yorkshire to Stratford on Avon, and from Chester to the Lincolnshire coast. Modern accounts of the extent of Midland dialect areas vary greatly.extracted from Midlandadj.n.< as lemmas |
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