Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Somerset

Description

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Somerset, based on written recordings made in fourteen localities during 1955-1956 using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and tape recordings made in July and December 1956 by Stanley Ellis.


The thesis gives an account of previous works on the Somerset dialects, the collector's own survey (with a description of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire in use), a description of the Somerset recordings and the localities and informants selected, the sounds of the dialects recorded in 1956, the development of Middle English sounds (vowels of stressed and unaccented syllables, consonantal changes, with word maps to show distribution) and orthographic transcriptions of Stanley Ellis's field recordings, presented with the thesis on thirteen gramophone discs.

Access and usage

Reproduction

Access

The theses and dissertations in this subfonds are available for consultation in the searchroom of Special Collections, University of Leeds, by all bona fide researchers. Conditions relating to access and use have, in a number of cases, been applied to particular items by individual depositors. These are noted within the relevant individual records.

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Physical and technical conditions

Notes from original project: Working copies of the gramophone disc recordings have not been made. Orthographic transcriptions are included within the thesis, however.

Related material

Victor Hamper's B.A. study (Leeds, 1959), 'A Phonology of the Dialect of Merriott in Somerset', held at LAVC/SRP/2/233, draws on both Wright's thesis, and the sound recording of one of Ellis' informants (on LAVC/SRE/D/2/269).



13 gramophone discs, LAVC/SRE/D/2/257 -269.


The Survey of English Dialects Questionnaire Response Books for Somerset, completed by John Wright, are held at LAVC/SED/2/2/31.

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