The Dialect of Golcar
Please note
Users are advised that this item may contain graphic descriptions and/or content.See the Access and usage section below for further details.
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: The Dialect of Golcar
Classmark: LAVC/SRP/1/130
Creator(s): Jacobson, Joanne
Site Location(s): Subject - Golcar, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom( 53.6399, -1.8557 )
Date(s): 1974
Size and medium: x, 96 bound typed leaves; 3 colour photographs.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/410026
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
M.A. project on one dialect speaker from Golcar, West Yorkshire . Analysis is made of material contained within a 34-minute tape recorded interview with Mr. Gledhill, made by Stanley Ellis in 1963.
The study provides a brief introduction to the village, and the collector's attempts to learn more about the locality and Ellis's informant through a visit to the village in 1974, the methodology employed, descriptive features of the Golcar sound system and the development of Middle English vowel and consonantal sounds in the dialect. A full phonetic and orthographic transcription of the 1963 interview is given, followed by a Word List.
The interview covers a number of topics, including the worsted and woollen textile industries, recreation (including a description of the game knur and spell), World War One, local characters, Mischief Night, Bonfire Night, wages, the Depression, housing conditions, food, blason populaire, Brig Fair, holidays, hunting, cock-fighting, by-names, Golcar families.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
Users are advised that this item may contain graphic descriptions and/or content.
View the Cultural Collections sensitivity policy
Material in this collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study within the terms of copyright legislation. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.
Related records in our catalogue
Archive Item
Not all items have a specific location so additional searches will be requiredThe filter at the top right of the map can be used to filter on sub-collection locations