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Language Papers

Strevens, Peter

1961-1966

This file contains a typed draft version of a paper for a Festschrift for Daniel Jones, 'Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, and Other Components of Language-Teaching' (1961), 15 leaves; a typed working d...

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The Living Dialect of Bury, Lancashire

Ramsbottom, Valerie Anne

1962

A study of the dialect spoken in Bury, Lancashire, based on data collected during interviews with three local informants in 196[1].

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Sutton in Ashfield (Nottinghamshire)

Gibbins, Allison

1962

A study of the dialect spoken in Sutton in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, based on data collected through interviews with four local residents. Findings are compared with data collected by Stanley Ellis...

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Spitalfields in the London Borough of Stepney

Goldsack, Beryl

1962

A study of the dialect spoken in the Spitalfields area of the London borough of Stepney, based on data collected from three local informants, interviewed over Easter 1961.

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Tristan da Cunha

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1961-1962

Typed original and copy correspondence from Stewart Sanderson and other scholars relating to proposals for research into traditional culture on Tristan da Cunha (November 1961-February 1962). This als...

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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: Scythe
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SED Word Map: Scythe

Wakelin, Martyn F; Dyson, B Ronald

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question II.9.6, Scythe, mapping the response Lea. The map was compiled by B. Ronald Dyson and Martyn Wakelin, and is ...

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SED Word Map: Rivulet
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SED Word Map: Rivulet

Wakelin, Martyn F; Dyson, B Ronald

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.1.1, Rivulet, mapping responses Burn, Beck and Brook. The map was compiled by B. Ronald Dyson and Martyn W...

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Essex

Berntsen, Howard N

1962

M.A. thesis comprising three volumes. Volume One contains six chapters, the first being a description of the Essex sounds recorded in 1958, 1959 and 1961. Chapters Two to Six treat the development of ...

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Sword Dance Team
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Sword Dance Team

[1968-1969]

Copy of a photograph taken around 1961, of the Goathland Plough Stots performing in uniform, Goathland (North Yorkshire). The team is made up of adult men, and is accompanied by Mr. J. Gibbin (who car...

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SED Word Map: Scraps
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SED Word Map: Scraps

Wakelin, Martyn F; North, David J

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question III.12.10, Scraps, mapping responses Craps, Scraps, Scratchings, Cracklings and Cratchings. The map is labelled as a draft.

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SED Word Map: Scraps
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SED Word Map: Scraps

Wakelin, Martyn F; North, David J

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question III.12.10, Scraps (i.e. the leftovers from rendered lard), mapping the distribution of responses Craps, Scraps, Scratchings, Cracklings and Cratchings. T...

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