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Wakelin, Martyn F16
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Lobb, Francis James2
Lobb, Mrs.2
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)2
Willey, William Henry2
Wright, John T2
Bowhay, Ernest William1
Cox, N.1
Evett, Harry (1895-1895)1
SED Phonological Map: Donkey
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SED Phonological Map: Donkey

Wakelin, Martyn F

[1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms. and typescript, for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the stem vowels used in responses. The map is labelled Linguistic Atlas of England, ...

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SED Word Map: Donkey
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SED Word Map: Donkey

Wakelin, Martyn F

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms. and typescript, for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the distribution of responses Ass, Bronka, Bronkus, Bunkus, Fussenock and Fussesick; and als...

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SED Word Map: Donkey
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SED Word Map: Donkey

Wakelin, Martyn F

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the distribution of responses Ass, Bronka, Bronkus, Bunkus, Fussenock and Fussesick; and also showing the limits of responses ...

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SED Word Map: Partition
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SED Word Map: Partition

Wakelin, Martyn F

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question I.3.2, Partition, mapping responses Skell and Scale. The map was compiled by Martyn Wakelin, and is dated Aug...

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SED Word Map: Dovecote
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SED Word Map: Dovecote

Wakelin, Martyn F; North, David J

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question I.1.7, Dovecote, mapping responses Cove, Pigeon-Cove, Dove-Cot(e), Pigeon-Dove-Cot(e), Dove-House, Pigeon-Dove-House, Locker, Pigeon-Locker, Pigeon-Cot(e...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F; Wright, John T

1958-1963

[Collector announcement]; William Willey, recorded by Stanley Ellis in Mullion on the 30 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books];...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

March 1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; discussion of left-...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F; Wright, John T

1958-1963

[Collector announcement]; Francis Lobb, recorded by Stanley Ellis in St Ewe on the 29 March 1963; answers a selection of questions from the Dieth-Orton dialect survey Questionnaire [various Books]; di...

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Sound Recordings, Devon

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F

1 April 1963

[Collector announcement]; Thomas Wright, recorded at home in South Zeal; talks about ploughing with horses from the age of twelve; transporting people and other loads by horse and cart; wages; wrestli...

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Sound Recording, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Harry Welshman, recorded in Duloe; talks about his time in the village; agricultural work and wages; leaving school aged fourteen; father's work as a gamekeeper; Army service during World War One; tak...

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Sound Recording, Hampshire

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Charles Sheppard, recorded in Bishop's Sutton; talks about working with pigs; rook starving [scaring] after the corn sown; scarecrows; service in the Rifle Brigade during World War One, in France; ret...

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Sound Recordings, Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F; Tilling, Philip M (1938-)

July 1963

Mr. N. Cox, recorded in St Cleer; talks about animal (bullock) husbandry; winter feed; lambing time; moor cattle, allowed to roam free within certain boundaries, owned by commoners who pay for commone...

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