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Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland Map
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Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland Map

Playford, Averil H

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Printed map headed "Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland", completed in ms. and typescript to show the three dialectal areas of the region (Western Region, Buffer Region and Eastern Regi...

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SED Word Map: Stooking
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SED Word Map: Stooking

Playford, Averil H

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of Leicestershire and Rutland, completed in typescript, for SED question II.6.5, Stook/Stooking (of hay, etc.), mapping responses Shocking and Stouking. The map was compi...

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Leicestershire Response Books

Playford, Averil H

1956

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

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Rutland Response Books

Playford, Averil H

1956

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

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Printed map showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Michael Barry, Howard Berntsen, Stanley Ellis, W. Nelson Francis, Peter Gibson, Marie Haslam, David Parry, Averil Playford, Donald Sykes, Jo...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland

Playford, Averil H

1957

M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...

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SED Word Map: Bill-hook
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SED Word Map: Bill-hook

Playford, Averil H

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of Leicestershire and Rutland, completed in typescript, for SED question IV.2.6, Bill-hook (hedging implement), mapping responses Billhool/Bill and Gorsehook. The map was...

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