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A Phonology of the Dialect of Rainow in the County Palatine of Chester
Dwerryhouse, Florence
1956
A study of the dialect spoken in Rainow, Cheshire, based on the written fieldwork recordings made by Peter Wright in 1951, for the Survey of English Dialects.
Linguistic Surveys
[1928]-1985
European and North American surveys, undertaken by universities and individual researchers. This series includes examples of word maps/atlases, questionnaires and sample responses, publishers' adverti...
The Living Dialect of Kettlewell
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1951
A study of the dialect spoken in Kettlewell in North Yorkshire. An introduction to the village and the area is followed by chapters which present a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect r...
SED Fieldwork Notebook Page: Swaby
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
[1960s-mid 1970s]
Page from an SED fieldwork notebook completed in ms. by Stanley Ellis. The page includes responses from informant Bill Elder of Swaby, Lincolnshire, recorded on 16 September 1951, to sections 1.1 and ...
English Dialect Sound Recordings (England and Wales)
[1960s]
The majority of recordings are edited copies of original field tape recordings of English dialect speakers, made as part of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) between 1951 and 1962 by its principal ...
Questionnaire Response Books: Non-SED and Unused Locations
1951-1952
This subseries includes fieldwork response books recording phonetically the responses of Survey of English Dialects (SED) informants to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by fieldw...
A Study of the Living Dialects of Lincolnshire Based on an Investigation by Questionnaire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1952
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lincolnshire, based on fieldwork carried out between June and December 1951 using versions four and five of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. The collector made initial fie...
Worcestershire Response Books
Sykes, Donald Richard
1951-1955
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Worcestershire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...
Children's Songs and Rhymes
1954-1979
This file comprises a copy of James Ritchie's 'The Singing Street: A Merry-Ma-Tanzie of Skipping, Hopping, Stotting, Hiding, Birling, Playing, and Dancing Rhymes', revised edition (Edinburgh: Albyn Pr...
Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 2
1951-1972
This file contains 'Some Acoustic Difference between Educated Australian and General American Dialects', by T. D. Hanley and Moya Landsberg Andrews, offprinted from 'Phonetica', volume 17, number 4 (1...
Sound Recordings, [Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Dorset, West Sussex, Gloucestershire and North Lincolnshire]
Harrop, Peter K
[1970s]
Compilation of recordings (copy extracts) of traditional drama performances, including also some conversation regarding mummers and mumming. The provenance of these recordings is uncertain, as are the...
Sound Recordings, Lancashire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter
[1960-1980]
Compilation of Survey of English Dialects fieldwork recordings (copies) from Lancashire locations 5La1-5 and 5La8-10. The original Stanley Ellis recordings were made March to June 1954, and Peter Wrig...