Вопрос 7 me dialects. Earliest records.

The basic OE dialects continued to function in the ME period, and their territorial borders, in general, were kept. The ME dialects are called on the basis of their geographical position. Northumbrian now refers to northern (Northern), Mercian- central (Midland) is divided into West Midland and East Midland; уэссекский - (Southern, South-Western); only Kentish dialect has kept the name, because Kent continued to exist, but the dialect sometimes called (South-Eastern.) The Sou thzrh group included the Kentish and the South-Western dialects. The Southwestern group was a continuation of the OE Saxon dialects, - not only West Saxon, but also East Saxon. Among the dialects of this group we may mention the Gloucester dialect and the London dialect. In the course of Early ME the area of the English language

in the British Isles grew. In the late 12th c. the English made their first attempts to conquer Ireland. Theinvaders settled among the Irish and were soon assimilated, a large proportion of the invaders being Welshmen. The English language was used there alongside Celtic languages —Irish and Welsh — and was influenced by Celtic.For a long time after the Norman Conquest there were two foreign written languages in England: Latin and French.

Earliest records

West Midland Dialect. The continue of «Anglo-Saxson hronicles» - from the year 1122 to the year 1154, known as the «The Peterborough Chronicle». «Ormulum», начало 13 в. a poem composed by the monk Orm in about 1200 in the North-East Midland dialect (Lincolnshire). It consists of unrhymed metrical paraphrases

of the Gospels. The text abounds in Scandinavianisms and lacks French borrowings.

Also were wrote «King Horn» и «Havelok the Dane» («Хавелок Датский») -2 verse novel 13в. Роберт Маннинг из Бурна «The Story of England»-verse chronicle.

East-Midland dialect. «Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight» («Сэр Гавейн и Зеленый рыцарь») - knight's novel, конец 14 в.; the 2-nd knight's novel «William of Palerne» («Уильям Палернский», 14 в.). Jne of the main satirical poem «The Vision of William Concerning Piers, the Plowman» («Видение Петра Па­харя») against corruption in church, and at court. The author is Уильям Лэнгленд.Southern dialect. Поэма Лайамона «Brut» (начало 13 в) with a touch of Midlest dialect. «Ancren Riwle» - (начало 13 в.). Роберт Глостерский «Chronicle» - стихотворная хроника (конец 13 в.), в на­чале излагающая как реальную историю кельтские легенды (среди них легенду о короле Лире), а дальше - об ист.событиях. Kentish dialect. Дан Мичел «The Ayenbite of Inwit» («Угрызения совести»), XIV в., перевод с французского. Уильям Шорэмский -стихотворения (на­чало XIV в.).Southern dialect. «Cursor Mundi» («Бегущий по свету»), 13 в.- рифмованная поэма, about bible legend. «The Pricke of Conscience» («Угрызения совести») первая половина 14 в. a translation attributed to Richard Rolle of Hampole. Among the Early ME texts in the South-Western dialects should mention THE LONDON PROCLAMATION of the year 1258.