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Ayers, Vivienne1
Johnson, Lynne1
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Penhallurick, Robert J (1956-)1
Pickering, Michael J1
Thacker, Thomas1
Voitl, Herbert1

Archive File

The Phonology of the Dialect of North Shields

Ayers, Vivienne

1983

A study of the dialect spoken in the town of North Shields, Tyne and Wear, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with one informant.

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SED Publication Programme
Archive Item

SED Publication Programme

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Copy of part of page 22 from the SED Introduction, including items [B] (Basic Material volumes) and C (companion volumes of Incidental Material) from the list in chapter 2.3 on the SED publication pro...

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Archive File

Correspondence

Penhallurick, Robert J (1956-)

1991

Letter from Robert Penhallurick asking Stanley Ellis to be a referee in support of his application for the post of Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies in Exeter, dated May 22nd 1991. A copy o...

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Sound Recording, Durham

Pickering, Michael J

5 April 1974

Professor Thomas Thacker, recorded at home in Durham; gives his recollections of Janet Bluntin the late 1920s/early 1930s; attitudes of villagers to her and vice versa; her family, folk song collectin...

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Sutton Veny (Wiltshire)
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Sutton Veny (Wiltshire)

Voitl, Herbert

[1960s]

Timber-framed dwelling houses on the main street in Sutton Veny (Wiltshire). Survey of English Dialects (SED) locality 32/7.

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Archive Object Item

Printing Matrices

[1960s]

Printing matrices, or mats, consisting of 204 characters representing the International Phonetic Alphabet. It is likely that these matrices were acquired for use in publications relating to the Survey...

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Archive Series

Photographic Negatives

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s-1970s]

The photographic negatives held by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) comprise 620 individual negatives and sets of negatives. The collection consists of a variety of formats, incl...

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The Dialect of South Shields (Tyne and Wear): A Descriptive and Historical Examination of the Phonology of the Dialect, Plus a Survey of the Characteristic Rhythm and Intonation Features of the Speech

Johnson, Lynne

1979

A study of the dialect spoken in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with three local inhabitants (two of whom were the collector's grandmothers). Refere...

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