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Avebury Response Book - 32W3
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Sound Recordings, Wiltshire
Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1960
James Shipway, recorded in Avebury; talks about thatching; the loss of tradespeople in the village; reference to the renovation of a barn in the village [by the National Trust, now the Great Barn]; tr...
Book I: The Farm [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Fred Blake recorded by fieldworker John Wright in the International Phon...
Notes [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.
Book II: Farming [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to farming.
Book III: Animals [Avebury Response Book]
Wright, John T
14 Aug 1957 - 29 Apr 1959
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.