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Total number of records: 457

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Archives456
Objects1

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Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections79
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture47
University Archive7
Brotherton Collection6
Cookery Collection3
Liddle Collection3
English Literature2
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman2
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2
Leeds Animation Workshop1

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genealogy249
hymns, english247
civil and political rights78
legal decisions78
nomads78
protest movements78
social justice78
culture29
english language - dialects28
language and languages17

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Aalborg1
Barcelona1
Denmark1
Spain1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Wakelin, Martyn F3
Grant, Arthur James (1862-1948)2
Parry, David (1937-)2
Sykes, Donald Richard2
Wright, John T2
Aalborg University1
Addy, Sidney Oldall (1848-1933)1
Ainger, Alfred (1837-1904)1
Al-Hamdan, Amna Rashed1
Aldred, G. I. F.1

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F

1969

Ph.D. thesis based on field data recorded in 1958 by John Wright, for the Survey of English Dialects (SED); tape recordings made in the same seven SED localities by the collector and Stanley Ellis in ...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Staffordshire

Gibson, Dr Peter H

1955

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Staffordshire, based on fieldwork in Warslow, Mow Cop, Alton, Barlaston, Mavesyn Ridware, Ellenhall, Lapley, Hoar Cross, Edingale, Wigginton and Himley during the period...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Lancashire

Lukiantchuk, Edna

1956

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lancashire. This is a revised and expanded version of the collector's 1955 B.A. thesis, 'Studies in the Phonology of the Living Dialects of Lancashire' ( LAVC/SRP/2/218)...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Somerset

Wright, John T

1957

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Somerset, based on written recordings made in fourteen localities during 1955-1956 using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and tape recordings made in July and December 195...

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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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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland

Playford, Averil H

1957

M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...

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Funnel geography - Ian Hamilton Finlay

1965

TS, 1f. With editorial markings. Published TLS, 1965, p.424

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Bowen Complete system of geography - extracts

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Bowen Complete system of geography - extracts

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The Linguistic Geography of Shropshire and Worcestershire: A Phonological Survey

Sykes, Donald Richard

1956

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Shropshire and Worcestershire, based on fieldwork using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire during 1954-1955. Four chapters present an overview of previous work on the dialect...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1960

M.A. thesis based on fieldwork carried out during the period October 1958 to November 1959, collecting material for the proposed 'Linguistic Atlas of England'. Not all of the material obtained during ...

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