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Pidgin Variety in Cameroon
Ebot, Wilson Atem
1975
M.A. project investigating the sound systems of Cameroon Pidgin English (CPE), based on four texts selected from tape recordings made by Stanley Ellis in West Cameroon in 1971. The study presents info...
Folk Tales
1964-1981
This subseries contains items relating to aspects and types of folktales. The subject matter includes folk tales generally, Maori folk literature, African folktales, Gaelic storytelling and folktales,...
Widdowson, John
2022
Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage...
Folk Medicine in Lancashire
Bell, Wendy Marion
1976
A study of folk medicine (prophylactics, customs, beliefs and cures), past and present, in Lancashire. Research was based on fieldwork interviews and the consultation of printed sources. Ten chapters ...
Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Ms. line diagram of a beer barrel, labelled in ms. according to the terminology used in Queensbury (West Yorkshire). The diagram was drawn by Pamela Ambler for use in her thesis on the dialect of Quee...
Philological Society
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1946-1961
The Philological Society was a supporter of Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth's early dialect survey work, including their construction of a questionnaire for use in gathering data. Orton and Dieth present...
Base and Experimental Word Maps
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1968]-1975
This sub-subseries contains photocopied and printed maps produced in the pursuit of a base map and basic mapping procedure for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). It includes photocopied maps fro...
The English Dialect Survey's Dictionary Project
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
[1981]
This file contains a copy of a paper (17 leaves) delivered by Sanderson to the first International Symposium on Lexicography at the University of Copenhagen in 1982. The paper, entitled 'The English D...
The Calvert Manuscript
Calvert, George
[1960s-1970s]
Photocopy of a manuscript compiled by George Calvert of Kirkby Moorside, and completed by his son, Alfred Calvert, for Sir Martin Stapleton. The original manuscript (dated 1823) consists of a collecti...
Audio Recording: Borthwick, Alan
Hall, Rosemary
09 Oct 2022
Digital recording of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project. Interviewer(s) listed under c...
Sound Recording, South Yorkshire
Russell, Ian
28 January 1971 - 25 May 1971
Bob Hancock recorded singing and in conversation in his home in Ringinglow, Sheffield. Talks about his experience of learning and singing songs, and refers to others who know old songs (his brother, G...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
25 Oct 1952
[Side 1] Wilsey tells anecdote about seeing apparition that turned out to be woman in nightdress looking for lost cat, recalls working in coal mine from age of twelve, describes long hours, harsh work...