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The Dialect of Upper Coquetdale

Grenfell Smith, J

1971

A study of the dialect spoken in Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland, based on interviews with five informants.

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Ryedale Folk: Kidson, Jennifer

2022-2023

Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted (2022-2023) at partner museum with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage...

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SED Phonological Map: Home
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SED Phonological Map: Home

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question VIII.5.2 (Stay at) Home, mapping the use of OE vowel forms in responses. The map is headed Survey of ...

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Sound Recordings, London and Kent

Wetton, Anne Lindsey

July-August 1973

Compilation of field recordings made in Abbey Wood, Charlton, Plumstead and Swanley. Six informants sing a selection of popular love songs, including 'Dolly Gray', 'The Old Rustic Bridge', 'The Rose o...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Pitminster, Somerset

Jul 1956

[Side 1] Clara reflects on lack of sick pay in past, recalls mother frequently helping at births, discusses severe winters incl. walking to Blagdon to fetch bread, compares standard of living and rela...

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Armstrong College Theses

Armstrong College (University of Durham)

1930-1939

Undergraduate theses by students of Armstrong College on the dialects of ten localities in Northumberland. Each of the theses focusses on the phonology of the individual dialects.

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Yorkshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1950-1953

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Yorkshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were rec...

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