Northwest Midlands of England

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The Northwest Midlands of England is a historical region whose distinctive Middle English dialect is famously preserved in the works of the anonymous "Gawain Poet," including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

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Northwest Midlands of England canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
linguistic region
associatedWithAuthor The Gawain Poet
surface form: Gawain Poet
associatedWithWork Cleanness
Patience
Pearl
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
country England
culturalSignificance important for study of Middle English literature
important for study of regional variation in medieval England
dialectPreservedIn Cleanness
Patience
Pearl
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
works of the Gawain Poet
hasDialect Middle English
surface form: Northwest Midlands Middle English
hasFeature distinctive morphology in Middle English
distinctive phonology in Middle English
distinctive vocabulary in Middle English
hasInfluenceOn modern understanding of Middle English dialect geography
knownFor distinctive Middle English dialect
languageFamily Middle English
locatedIn England
Midlands
locatedInTime Middle English
surface form: Middle English period
partOf historical dialect continuum of England
reconstructedFrom manuscript evidence of Gawain Poet
studiedIn Middle English dialectology
timePeriod 14th century (approximate literary attestation)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Gawain Poet regionAssociatedWith Northwest Midlands of England
Cotton Nero A.x regionOfOrigin Northwest Midlands of England
Cleanness placeOfOrigin Northwest Midlands of England
Purity placeOfOrigin Northwest Midlands of England