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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1
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Archive File

Papers on Newfoundland Dialect

[1960s]

This file contains papers relating chiefly to Newfoundland English. It includes a printed [proof] copy of an article by John Widdowson, 'Some Items of a Central Newfoundland Dialect' published in an u...

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Archive File

A Pronouncing Glossary of the Dialect of Filey in the East Riding of Yorkshire

1966

M.A. thesis based on data collected in Filey (and a small proportion in the nearby village of Muston) during a four year period from June 1959 to August 1963. Tape recordings of speakers were made in ...

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Archive File

Dialect and Linguistic Pamphlets

1940-1974

This file contains 19 dialect- and linguistics-related pamphlets, offprints and reprints, deposited in the Dialect File. Many include inscriptions from the author to Harold Orton. Includes: - Der La...

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Photographic Negatives

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

[1960s-1970s]

The photographic negatives held by the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) comprise 620 individual negatives and sets of negatives. The collection consists of a variety of formats, incl...

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