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Total number of records: 1991

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1991
Rudolf Laban Collections1

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culture1991
english language - dialects1991
community life621
occupations493
folk music470
language and languages418
nature355
manners and customs316
food301
agriculture298

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England30
Northumberland29
Embleton11
Lowick11
Allendale1
County Westmeath1
Earsdon1
Ellington1
Haltwhistle1
Hedden-On-The-Wall1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)250
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)130
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)123
Russell, Ian90
Voitl, Herbert72
Dunn, Ginette69
Sullivan, Keith Frederick53
Fothergill, George William48
Harrop, Peter K38
Green, Anthony E (1943-)31

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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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SED Word Map: Tonight
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SED Word Map: Tonight

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in typescript, for SED question VII.3.12, Tonight, mapping responses The (night) and To(night). The map is labelled The Northern Count...

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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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