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Peter Tavy Response Book - 37D8
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Peter Tavy Response Book - 37D8

Wright, John T

8 May 1958 - 11 May 1958

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...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1 April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Ernest Warren, recorded [outside] in Ponsworthy; talks about the recent snowfall; farming (crops, cream/buttermaking); his first job milling flour and driving a horse and car...

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Peter Tavy Response Book - 37D8
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Notes [Peter Tavy Response Book]

Wright, John T

8 May 1958 - 11 May 1958

Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants. Includes notes on the locality.

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Peter Tavy Response Book - 37D8
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Book III: Animals [Peter Tavy Response Book]

Wright, John T

8 May 1958 - 11 May 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.

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Peter Tavy Response Book - 37D8
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Book VI: The Human Body [Peter Tavy Response Book]

Wright, John T

8 May 1958 - 11 May 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.

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Peter Tavy Response Book - 37D8
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Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Peter Tavy Response Book]

Wright, John T

8 May 1958 - 11 May 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.

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Book IX: States, Actions, Relations [Peter Tavy Response Book]

Wright, John T

8 May 1958 - 11 May 1958

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to states, actions and relations.

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