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The Phonology of the Dialect of Sampford Peverell, in Devon

Adams, R C

1968

A study of the dialect spoken in the Devon village of Sampford Peverell, based on data collected from three principal informants resident in the village.

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Food (MEAL): Chevington Lodge Group

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: Toad
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SED Phonological Map: Toad

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.9.7, Toad, mapping the limits of the various vowel types. The map is headed Survey of English Dial...

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Sound Recordings, North East England

Bird, Elizabeth

1973-1974

John Pearson and Belle Pearson, recorded 5 December 1973, talk about North East jazz bands: carnivals going through towns, including Ashington and Morpeth; age range of bands; band colours, mascots; t...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Little Baddow, Essex. Survey of English Dialects recording in Doddinghurst, Essex

Sep 1959-Aug 1961

[Side 1] Harry talks about work on farm as 'house boy' [= young domestic servant] from aged 13, describes typical working day incl. working at weekends, talks about building stack incl. use of 'police...

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Calendar Days

1964-1972

This file contains items on calendar customs, including Valentine's Day. This includes a photocopy of typed extracts on local customs from essays on old Mansfield, written for a competition organised ...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1962

M.A. thesis comprising three volumes. Volume One contains six chapters, the first being a description of the Essex sounds recorded in 1958, 1959 and 1961. Chapters Two to Six treat the development of ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire and Essex

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1961]

Male informant, recorded in Comberton; talks about working on a farm from the age of eleven; his father and his farming; thatchers in the family; informant learning to thatch; describes a day's work; ...

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Essex Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Berntsen, Howard N; Barry, Michael V (1935-); Wright, Peter

1952-1961

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

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