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The Phonology of the Dialect of Lisvane, near Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan. Being a Preliminary Survey
Wright, John T
1955
A study of the dialect spoken in Lisvane , Glamorgan, based on fieldwork interviews conducted towards the end of 1954. The collector used the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire to elicit answers from informant...
SED Phonological Map: Either
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Green, Anthony E (1943-)
[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question VII.2.13, Either, mapping the distribution of [ai]-type responses. The map is labelled as a draft.
Northumberland Response Books
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1953-1955
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Northumberland to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire
Bauldie, J S
1969
Interviews with ex-coalminers from Abram, Hindley, Ashton-in-Makerfield and Shevington. Topics covered include work and leisure activities: whippets; practical jokes; beliefs; games (including Piggy, ...
(A1) Research and papers : 2013-2015
c. 2011- c. 2016
Research material mainly made up of prinotuts of online material covering Charlie Hebdo terror attack in France; terrorrism; Wikileaks; US and French politics/elections; Universal basic income; work,...
The Gaelic Story-Teller. With Some Notes on Gaelic Folk-Tales.
Ó Duilearga, Séamus
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains 3 photocopies of James Hamilton Delargy's (i.e. Séamus Ó Duilearga) paper on Gaelic story-telling, delivered on 28 November 1945 to the British Academy as the Sir John Rhys Memori...
Beastings Research
Brunk, Wille
[1967]
Items relating to Wille Brunk's research into beastings, i.e. the first milk drawn from a cow after calving (or bovine colostrum), and its uses. Brunk conducted much of this research through the use o...
Sound Recording, Berkshire
Baldwin, John R
1967
Dave Blagrove, recorded in Reading; sings [with ?banjo/?ukulele accompaniment] 'Sandy Lane', the Oxford boatmen's songs 'The Ballad of Tom Beechey' and 'Les Morton's Navy'; 'Maggie May', 'Farmer's Boy...
Tape Recording Transcriptions
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Barry, Michael V (1935-); Tilling, Philip M (1938-)
1968-1976
Originally housed in a file labelled Transcriptions of M.R. for St./Db. RLS. + Miscellaneous Transcriptions. Includes typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants from audio-rec...
Monmouthshire Response Books
Sykes, Donald Richard; Parry, David (1937-)
1955-1960
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Monmouthshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...