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The Living Dialect of Walsden, Lancashire
Leach, Elaine
1969
A study of the dialect spoken in Walsden, West Yorkshire (in Lancashire when the study was undertaken), based on data collected from three local informants during 1968 and early 1969. An introductio...
SED Phonological Map: Hammer
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Early-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms. and typescript, for SED question I.7.13, Hammer, mapping the distribution of responses where the initial H is retained, and where no H is pronou...
You and Thou in Northern England
Evans, William
1969
This file contains a photocopy of William Evans' paper on the survival of the old second-person singular pronoun thou in Northern England, based on data collected by the Survey of English Dialects (SE...
Tape Recording Transcriptions
1956-1970
Typed transcriptions of Anglo-Manx ( Isle of Man) dialect ( Michael Barry, 1966) and East Yorkshire dialect ( John Widdowson, 1970). Also typed transcriptions of Survey of English Dialects (SED) infor...
Games Without Special Equipment
1959-1973
This file contains items relating to games played by children which require no special equipment. This includes an ms. letter from Doris Hepworth to Tony Green on the game 'Old Roger is Dead', accompa...
SED Word Map: Left-Handed
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[Early-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed word map, completed in ms., for SED question VI.7.13, Left-Handed, mapping the distribution of compound responses with Car-, Coochy-, Click(y)-, Cuddy-, Kay-, Cack-, Keck-, Caggy-...
The Dialects of Bensham and Sunderland
Oliver, David M
1970
A study of the dialect spoken in Bensham (in Gateshead), and Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Data was collected from two informants from each locality during the Easter and summer of 1969.
Two Generations of the Dialect of Kibblesworth, County Durham: A Synchronic Comparison
Shields, Marilyn
1970
A study of the dialect spoken in Kibblesworth, County Durham, based on interviews conducted with two male informants (aged sixty-nine and twenty-one) during Easter 1969.
Laban, Dance and Movement
Lange, Roderyk
1969-1970
This file contains two papers by Roderyk Lange on movement and dance, with reference to Rudolf von Laban's theory of movement. This includes Lange's 'Philosophic Foundations and Laban's Theory of Move...
A Comparative Phonology Between Tunstall and Longton
Tooth, E E
1970
M.A. dissertation offering a study of the phonological structure of two dialects and the compilation of a comparative phonology. This work was based on interviews with four informants in Tunstall and ...
Thomas the Rhymer
Lyle, Emily Buchanan (1932-)
1965-1969
This file contains a copy of Emily Lyle's typed reconstruction of the words of 'Thomas the Rhymer', based on 'Thomas of Erceldoune', with line references and references to the ms. versions used and in...
Sound Recordings, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire
Baldwin, John R
1967-1969
Bill Whiting, recorded at home in Longcot in 1967; sings 'Rosemary Lane', 'The Little Thatched Cottage', 'The Knife in the Window', 'The Old Dog', 'He's gone where the good ponies go' [fragment], 'The...