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culture34
language and languages34
literature and folklore34
english language - dialects25
communities20
folklore18
community life15
archive administration13
oral traditions13
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Olayemi, Rufus V K5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S2
Al-Hamdan, Amna Rashed1
Clinch, Angela Jane1
Dewes, Koro1
Emovon, Joshua A1
Garland, Rosemary E B1
Ikiddeh, Ime1
Martin, Allan1

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Some Chewa Folk Stories from Central Malawi

Timpunza Mvula, Enoch S

1978

M.A. dissertation which discusses a methodological approach to the study of Chewa traditional narratives, drawing on fieldwork carried out in the Central Region of Malawi between August 1975 and Septe...

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The Life and Legends of Saint Brannoc: A Study in the Traditions of an Obscure Celtic Saint

Garland, Rosemary E B

1981

A study of the legends and traditions of Saint Brannoc of Braunton in Devon. This Saint is now equated by scholars with Saint Brynach of Nevern, and the first chapter of the study discusses the struct...

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Editor's Papers

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1970-1974

Includes Harold Orton's ms. notes; ms. and typescript drafts of introductory text, preliminaries and indexes; draft maps; notes on procedure; and papers relating to corrections and revisions of the WG...

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Editor's Papers

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

[1968]-1978

This series comprises ms. and typescript editorial notes and other papers relating to editorial meetings; ms. and typescript drafts of texts; experimental and draft 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland

Playford, Averil H

1957

M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...

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Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 4

[1933-1978]

This file contains a paper napkin printed with pictures and numbers with words in Welsh and English (undated); Harold Orton's review of Eugen Dieth's 'A Grammar of the Buchan Dialect (Aberdeenshire), ...

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Maori Folk Literature 1

Dewes, Koro

1974

This file contains photocopies of two typed papers by Koro Dewes, being 'Maori Literature: A Tentative Framework for Study' ( Victoria University of Wellington, Department of Anthropology and Maori), ...

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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...

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Publicity

1974-1977

Promotional literature issued by Seminar Press; and cuttings and review articles on the WGE from a number of newspapers and scholarly linguistic journals.

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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...

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Kuwaiti Folktales

Al-Hamdan, Amna Rashed

1967

Postgraduate study comprising four chapters. The Introduction has sections on the geography and climate of Kuwait, the origin of its people, a brief history of modern Kuwait, religion, family and soci...

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Salient Features of the Yoruba Oral Tale

Olayemi, Rufus V K

1971

M.A. dissertation on the oral tales told by the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. Section One contains chapters on the Yoruba people, the oral tale in Yorubaland, the structure and types of tale to...

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