THE SALAMANCA CORPUS:

DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF ENGLISH DIALECT TEXTS

Author: Samuel Pegge, The Younger (1733-1800)

Text type: Glossary and Varia

Date of composition:

Editions: 1803, 1814, 1844, 2009

Source text:

Pegge, Samuel. 1814. Anecdotes of the English Language, Chiefly regarding the Local Dialect of London and its Environs; Whence it will Appear that the Natives of the Metropolis, and its Vicinities, have not Corrupted the Language of their Ancestors. In a letter from Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A. to an Old Acquaintance, and co-fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London. The second edition enlarged and corrected to which is added, a supplement to the Provincial Glossary of Francis Grose, Esq. London: Printed by and for J. Nichols, Son, and Bentley.

e-text:

           Access and transcription: February 2015

           Format: MS Word   Pdf

           Number of words: 75,440

            Dialect represented: London

            Produced by  María F. García-Bermejo Giner and Paula Blanco Silva

Samuel Pegge, The Younger

(1733-1800)