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Total number of records: 428

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture428
language and languages428
english language - dialects418
nature123
animals102
persons44
community life41
occupations38
literature and folklore34
food33

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)169
North, David J28
Wakelin, Martyn F13
Rohrer, Fritz12
Green, Anthony E (1943-)9
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)5
Olayemi, Rufus V K5
Playford, Averil H4
Parry, David (1937-)3

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Aspects of the Phonology and Agricultural Terminology of the Rural Dialects of Surrey, Kent and Sussex

North, David J

1982

Ph.D. thesis including chapters on the aims and scope of the investigation, undertaken in Surrey, Kent and Sussex, sources of material, methods of analysis and presentation, phonology, word geography ...

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Folklorisztikai forrásismeret bibliográfia

Voigt, Vilmos (1940-)

1977

A typed copy (possibly a draft or proof copy) of Voigt's Hungarian bibliography of folklore sources, published for the Department of Folklore, Faculty of Humanities, Loránd Eötvös University, Budap...

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SED Word Map: To Dig
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SED Word Map: To Dig

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.7.8, To Dig, mapping responses Delve, Dig, and Grave. The map was created by Harold Orton.

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The West Midlands as a Dialect Area: A Phonological, Lexical, and Morphological Investigation Based on the Survey of English Dialects

Gugerell-Scharsach, Heide

1992

A study of the dialects of the West Midlands, based on fieldwork data collected in the region for the Survey of English Dialects (SED), and published as 'Survey of English Dialects', [edited] by Harol...

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On the French Element in the English Regional Dialects

Stott, Prudence Ethel

[1970s]

Photocopied pages (69-83) from an M.A. (English Language) thesis, submitted to the University of Liverpool in 1934. These pages were copied from Chapter Four, and contain word lists grouped into distr...

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Language Usage of Some Educated Anglophone Families in Yaounde

Ewota, Jemea I

1979

A study of the language usage of five educated anglophone families resident in Yaounde, submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Masters Degree in English, Department of English, Un...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F

1969

Ph.D. thesis based on field data recorded in 1958 by John Wright, for the Survey of English Dialects (SED); tape recordings made in the same seven SED localities by the collector and Stanley Ellis in ...

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SED Word Map: Am I (Right)
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SED Word Map: Am I (Right)

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in typescript and ms., for SED question IX.7.1, Am I (Right), mapping responses Am, Is, Be and Been. The map also shows the southern limit of the construction ...

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SED Phonological Map: Wrong
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SED Phonological Map: Wrong

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question IX.7.1a, Wrong.

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SED Phonological Map: Wrong
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SED Phonological Map: Wrong

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question IX.7.1a, Wrong.

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SED Word Map: She
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SED Word Map: She

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in typescript., for SED question IX.7.10, She, mapping the distribution of responses She, Er, Oo and Shoo.

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SED Phonological Map: She
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SED Phonological Map: She

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms., for SED question IX.7.10(2), (Oh no) She (isn't), mapping various phonological forms, and the limits of er/she, oo/er and she/oo.

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