For these reasons, York has retained a somewhat conservative character. Although these pages are devoted to York dialect, at the present time they cover only one aspect of dialect, i.e. grammar. Her investigations are based on a large corpus of audiotape recordings of speakers born and raised in York. These speakers vary according to age, gender, education and occupations. All the citations and the majority of the examples provided in the following text are extracts from Tagliamonte's reports.
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An asterisk immediately preceding an example phrase or sentence indicates that the grammatical form is either unacceptable or ungrammatical. In relation to the opening quote, the influx of a large population of Irish labourers during the development of the railways is not being ignored. She goes on to say that, since at least the early part of the 19th century, the speech of most of the inhabitants of York has embodied a fusion of dialects from 'a fairly circumscribed area of north Yorkshire'. It is however important to note that she is not claiming that all the features examined are peculiar solely to York English. Some characteristics are also attributes of other dialects.