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culture8
english language - dialects6
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archive administration3
language and languages3
occupations3
communication2
community life2
folk music2

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Allen, Harold1
Carter, Julie1
Jones, William Eric1
Moody, Frederick William1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Playford, Averil H1
Russell, Ian1

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Moody, Frederick William

1950

A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...

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Tradition and Superstition in the Theatre

Carter, Julie

1980

A collection of theatrical superstitions and traditions, gathered from actors, actresses, musicians and theatre staff working in Leeds and London. The first of six chapters cites the recent changes ...

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SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Scythe
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SED Word Map (Yorkshire): Scythe

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of Yorkshire, completed in ms. and with SED localities numbered, for SED question II.9.6, Scythe. The map shows the distribution of the responses Scythe and Lea.

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Sound Recording, Derbyshire

Russell, Ian

8 March 1970

Harold Allen, singing in the Butcher's Arms pub, Marsh Lane.

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Headwear and Accessories

1960-1972

This file contains items relating to types of headwear and accessories, and includes a photocopy of Shelagh Weir's paper on a bridal headdress from Southern Palestine, from an unidentified issue of th...

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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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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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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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