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culture4
english language - dialects4
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agriculture1
archive administration1
education1
entertainment events1
folk music1
holidays1
implements, utensils etc1

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Bateson, Margaret1
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1
Hart, Bob (1892-1978)1
Mackay, Donald1
North, David J1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Woodward, Colin1
Wright, Peter1

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The Living Dialect of Rillington

Bateson, Margaret

1958

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Rillington in North Yorkshire, based on fieldwork data collected in 1957, a thesis ( 'An Account of the Dialect of Rillington') written in 1935 by C. T....

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SED Word Map: Aren't (I)
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SED Word Map: Aren't (I)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); North, David J

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question IX.7.4, Aren't (I), mapping responses Isn't, Isn, Int, In, Is I Not, Ain(t), En(t), Hin, Yent and Yunt. The map is labelled as a draft.

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Cheshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter; Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1951-1957

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

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Sound Recording, Suffolk

Mackay, Donald

10 August 1970

Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape, singing and in conversation. Talks about learning songs, gives autobiographical details concerning his working life and time spent at sea, and refers to singing in...

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