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language and languages52
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english language - dialects43
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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)12
Playford, Averil H2
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Saint-Hyacinthe, Themiseul De (1684-1746)2
Bailey, Charles James N1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
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"The T. W. Thompson Collection of Gypsy Folk Tales: An Edition with Commentary and Analytical Indexes"

Clinch, Angela Jane

1982

Ph.D. thesis consisting of Thomas William Thompson's folktales collected from English Gypsy Traveller communities between 1908 and 1924. The tales have been classified and arranged according to the Aa...

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Decolonising the mind : the politics of language in African literature

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo (1938-)

1986

Includes bibliographical references and index. Towards the universal language of struggle -- The language of African literature -- The language of African theatre -- The language of African fiction -...

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Walloon Language Survey Page
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Walloon Language Survey Page

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Copy of a page from a published survey of the Walloon dialect of Belgium, showing responses collected for item no. 52, Jambe (Leg).

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Plough
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Plough

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question I.8.1, Plough. The responses are listed in phonetic script.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.5.1, Mouse. The responses are listed in phonetic script.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.10.1, Birch. The responses are listed in phonetic script.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Plough
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Plough

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question I.8.1, Plough. The responses are marked on the actual map in phonetic script.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Mouse

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.5.1, Mouse. The responses are marked on the actual map in phonetic script.

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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch
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Yorkshire Dialect Map: Birch

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. map showing responses collected in locations in Yorkshire to SED question IV.10.1, Birch. The responses are marked on the actual map in phonetic script.

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Matanasiana, ou Memoires, litteraires, historiques, et critiques, du Docteur Matanasius, S.D.L.R.G (v.1)

Saint-Hyacinthe, Thémiseul de (1684-1746)

1740

Published at The Hague, 1716, under title: Memoires litteraires. Tome premier. Title vignette: device of C. Le Vier.

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Matanasiana, ou Memoires, litteraires, historiques, et critiques, du Docteur Matanasius, S.D.L.R.G (v.2)

Saint-Hyacinthe, Thémiseul de (1684-1746)

1740

Published at The Hague, 1716, under title: Memoires litteraires. Tome premier. Title vignette: device of C. Le Vier.

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Philology

Peile, John (1838-1910)

1877

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