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Total number of records: 1204

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Archives17

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Brotherton Collection337
English Literature250
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture88
Herbert Read Collection70
Leeds Russian Archive43
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections28
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society26
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society13
Ripon Cathedral13
Cookery Collection8

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english language1204
latin language70
french language45
language surveys36
german language26
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russian language25
greek language23
italian language22
dialect literature, english21

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Murray, Lindley (1745-1826)44
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)39
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)38
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)36
University of Leeds. Department of English Language and Medieval English Literature36
Bywater, Abel (1795-1873)26
Craigie, Sir William A (1867-1957)18
Onions, C T (1873-1965)18
Philological Society (Great Britain)17
Bradley, Henry (1845-1923)15

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The music of language

Campbell-McInnes, James (1874-)

1939

"Printed in U.S.A."

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The English language

Smith, Logan Pearsall (1865-1946)

1912

Includes bibliography [p] 253-254 and index.

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A dictionary of the English language

Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)

1799

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Language in thought and action

Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye

c1964

Bibliography: p. 331-336.

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A history of the English language

Baugh, Albert C (1891-1981)

1951

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Dictionary of the Galla language (Pt.1)

Tutschek, Karl (1815-1843); Tutschek, Lorenz

1844-45

Spine title: Dictionary and grammar of the Galla language. Part 1 has added t.-p.: Lexicon der Galla sprache, verfasst von Karl Tutschek, herausgegeben von Lorenz Tutschek.

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Language in the British Isles

Trudgill, Peter

1984

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The English Gipsies and their language

Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)

1893

A reprint of the preceding editions.

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The English Gipsies and their language

Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)

1893

A reprint of the preceding editions.

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The English gipsies and their language

Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)

1874

A reprint of the first edition, without alterations or additions.

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