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Total number of records: 572

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culture25
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english language - dialects19
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Wright, John T572
Jim17
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Morgan, Leonard12
Bryant, Frederick James11

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Correspondence

Wright, John T

1964

Ms. letter from John T. Wright of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to Stanley Ellis regarding the choice of Survey of English Dialects (SED) locations in Somerset, wit...

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Stanley Ellis, Peter Wright, Donald Sykes, Peter Gibson and John T. Wright. At the stage the map was produced, fieldwork ...

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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference
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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference

Studio Jaanus Limited

31 October 1962

Audience at the press conference arranged for the publication of the first of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Basic Material volumes (The Northern Counties, Part 1), at the Waldorf Hotel, London....

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Printed map showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Michael Barry, Howard Berntsen, Stanley Ellis, W. Nelson Francis, Peter Gibson, Marie Haslam, David Parry, Averil Playford, Donald Sykes, Jo...

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Sound Recording, Devon

Wright, John T

June 1958

Frank Thorne and William Edwards, in conversation in Gittisham; Mr. Thorne talks about farm work, milking, horsemen, father a tenant farmer; [gap, 1 minute]; weeding; haymaking - Mr. Edwards describes...

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Archive Print Item

Urban dialects : a consideration of method

Wright, John T

1966

Offprint from Zeitschrift für Mundartforschung, XXXIII Jahrgang, Heft 3/4, December 1966.

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Archive Piece

Notes [Handley Response Book]

Wright, John T

5 Oct 1956 - 8 Oct 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Notes [Hatherden Response Book]

Wright, John T

21 Jan 1958 - 28 Jan 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Notes [Netheravon Response Book]

Wright, John T

4 Aug 1957 - 8 Aug 1957

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Book I: The Farm [Coleford Response Book]

Wright, John T

14 Nov 1955 - 18 Nov 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm.

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Notes [Stogumber Response Book]

Wright, John T

4 May 1956 - 8 May 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Notes [Portesham Response Book]

Wright, John T

16 Oct 1956 - 19 Oct 1956

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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