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A Folkloristic Approach to Traditional Educational Processes in Igbo
Oduah, Gabriel Ikechukwu
1981
M.A. dissertation on aspects of the folk life of the Igbo people living in south-eastern Nigeria. The study is divided into three sections, the first containing chapters on the Igbo people (their geog...
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...
The origin and progress of language
Smith, G Minister; Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
[1848?]
By G. Smith, minister of Trinity Chapel, Poplar, cf. British Museum Catalogue.
Chrestomathia : being a collection of papers, explanatory of the design of an institution, proposed to be set on foot, under the name of the Chrestomathic Day School, or Chrestomathic School, for the extension of the new system of instruction to the higher branches of learning, for the use of the middling and higher ranks in life
Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832); Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832)
1816-1817
Part II has a separate title page: Chrestomathia; Part II. Containing Appendix, No. V., being an essay on nomenclature and classification: including a critical examination of the encyclopedical table ...
A compendious way of teaching antient and modern languages, formerly practised by the learned Tanaquil Faber, and now with little alteration, faithfully executed in London; with observations on the same subject by several eminent men, viz. Roger Ascham, Richard Carew, Mr. Milton, Mr. Lock, &c. with An account of the education of the Dauphine, and of his sons, the Dukes of Burgundy, Anjou, and Berry; with the Marchioness of Lambert's letter to her son. To which is added, An essay on rational grammar
Lefebvre, Tannegui (1615-1672); Philipps, J T (1755)
1727
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Language Development: Course Guide and Supplementary Material
Open University
1978-1979
This file contains items relating to the Open University post-experience second level course in Language Development, designed for in-service education of teachers. This includes an 'Introduction and ...
Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire
Lewis, Cathy Laura
May 1973
The Irish singer, Darach Ó Catháin [DOC], recorded on 7 May 1973 in Leeds; talks about coming to Leeds in 1960; reference to Brendan Behan and Seán Ó Riada [SOR]; singing and first meeting with th...
Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 2
1951-1972
This file contains 'Some Acoustic Difference between Educated Australian and General American Dialects', by T. D. Hanley and Moya Landsberg Andrews, offprinted from 'Phonetica', volume 17, number 4 (1...
The Linguistic Atlas of England: Reviews and Articles
1975-1980
This file contains newspaper cuttings, magazine extracts and photocopied articles relating to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) and the publication of 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). The...
Sound Recordings, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
Parry, David (1937-); Kylstra, Henk E
1960-1961
[Collector announcement (Parry)]; Tom John, recorded in Pontlottyn [possibly in 1960]; talks about horse feed; straw rope; (Welsh) calls to cattle and horses; farm waggons/carts; ploughing and the qua...
Reviews (Academic)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1952-1971
Offprint and photocopied reviews of 'A Questionnaire for a Linguistic Atlas of England', the SED Basic Material volumes ( Introduction and Volume 1, parts 1-3) and British and American dialect atlases...