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Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)2
Jones, William Eric2
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Kemp, P K1
Lawson, Mabel Stockwell1
Micro Methods Limited1
Roberts, A. J.1
Round, Mabel G1
Selsdon, Bill1

Archive Sub-sub-series

Questionnaire Version 2

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1948-1949

This sub-subseries includes typescript drafts of version 2 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire; and ms. fieldwork response books, completed by H. Collins, Harold Orton, and Peter Wright, recording the te...

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Microfilm of Postgraduate Thesis on the Dialect of Broughton in Furness

Micro Methods Limited

[1970s]

A copy of Mabel Round's M.A. thesis (Leeds, 1949), 'The Living Dialect of Broughton in Furness, in the County of Lancashire'. The thesis is based on data collected in Broughton in Furness (Lancashire)...

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Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations

1942-1985

Doctoral theses and masters/diploma dissertations submitted in fulfillment of degrees in Folk Life Studies, English Language, English Literature and Dialectology. The majority of these are typed, and ...

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An Account of the Dialect of Staithes in the North Riding of Yorkshire

Lawson, Mabel Stockwell

1949

M.A. thesis examining the dialect of Staithes (North Yorkshire), based on fieldwork data collected in 1947 from six informants, using Joseph Wright's 'English Dialect Grammar', and the Dieth-Orton Que...

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A Survey of the Dialect Spoken at the Present Day in and Around the Village of Grindleton in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Jones, William Eric

1949

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Grindleton in the old West Riding of Yorkshire. An introduction to the village is followed by five chapters which give a descriptive account of the so...

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Sound Recordings, Kent and London

Kemp, P K

September 1969

Bill Selsdon, recorded in Maidstone, describes hop picking in Headcorn (Kent) as a child with his family; accommodation in Hopper Huts; travelling from London (on the Hopping Train); hop picking seaso...

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Basket, Straw and Rope-Work

1960-1973

This file includes a photocopy of typed notes made by Rodney Cousins on basket-making, collected from H. Summers, basketmaker, Sutton-on-Trent (November 1969) and from Herbert Lloyd Johnes' 'The Baske...

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An Investigation into the Phonetics of the Definite Article in Yorkshire

Jones, William Eric

1950

A study which both analyses phonetically what is said by Yorkshire dialect speakers for the definite article; and shows, by the use of transcriptions of their speech, what types of definite article oc...

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Questionnaire Version 1

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1946-1947

This sub-subseries includes typescript drafts of version 1 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire; correspondence with the Yorkshire Dialect Society; an ms. notebook and fieldwork response books belonging t...

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Lancashire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Lancashire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were re...

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