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language and languages9
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english language - dialects7
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Anderson, Peter M1
Crook, Rosemary1
Jenkins, May1
Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)1
Lewis, Cathy Laura1
Martin, Allan1
O Cathain, Darach1
Smith, Patricia Anne1
Whittaker, Ian B1
Williamson, Anne1

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Efficiency in linguistic change

Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)

1941

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Towards a Methodology of the Study of Folk-Life: With Special Reference to the Kosovo Epic Cycle in its Social and Historical Context

Martin, Allan

1970

M.A. study containing chapters on the development of folklore study and the problem posed by this development, the possibility of change in the present study of folklore and an approach to a case stud...

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"Eli Frankham: A Study of a Modern British Gypsy"

Williamson, Anne

1977

A study of Gypsy Traveller folklore, based on interviews with Eli Frankham, from the Gypsy Traveller community, living in Norfolk. Eight chapters present a brief history of the Gypsy Travellers, a bio...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Somerset

Wright, John T

1957

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Somerset, based on written recordings made in fourteen localities during 1955-1956 using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and tape recordings made in July and December 195...

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A Phonological Study of the Dialects of Northumberland

Smith, Patricia Anne

1954

A study of the dialects spoken in Northumberland, based on fieldwork undertaken in the county in 1953 by Stanley Ellis, for the Survey of English Dialects. An introduction to the seven villages comp...

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The Dialect of Eaton-by-Tarporley (Cheshire), A Descriptive and Historical Grammar

Anderson, Peter M

1977

Ph.D. thesis which describes the sound system and accidence of the modern Eaton-by-Tarporley dialect and relates this to the system from which it is descended. Chapter 1 demonstrates the interplay bet...

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The Dialect of Dalby and Glen Maye

Whittaker, Ian B

1954

A study of the dialect spoken in and around the villages of Dalby and Glen Maye on the Isle of Man. Fieldwork was undertaken over the period 1952 to 1954, and involved the collecting of data from info...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

10 April 1980

May Jenkins (born Treorchy) talks about her family origins, childhood recollections of domestic routines - washing, describes fireplace and oven, order of washing, ironing, starch, order of hanging wa...

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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...

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