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Total number of records: 130

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culture130
english language - dialects130
community life95
education73
occupations30
animals22
nature22
agriculture19
folk drama13
food12

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England29
Northumberland29
Embleton11
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Allendale1
Earsdon1
Ellington1
Haltwhistle1
Hedden-On-The-Wall1
Thropton1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)130
Ogg, M C13
Wright, Peter10
Pitt, Willie9
Alexander8
Lowrie, Alec8
Wakelin, Martyn F8
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)7
John Lyall5
Lyall, Jack5

Archive Sub-series

Fishing Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1963-1968]

This subseries includes drafts and final copies of Stanley Ellis's fishing questionnaire, items referred to in its compilation and related papers.

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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Cornwall

Wakelin, Martyn F

1969

Ph.D. thesis based on field data recorded in 1958 by John Wright, for the Survey of English Dialects (SED); tape recordings made in the same seven SED localities by the collector and Stanley Ellis in ...

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Northumberland Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Northumberland to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses wer...

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Fishing Questionnaire Drafts and Related Papers

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1963-1968]

Ms. and typed drafts of Peter Wright's fishing questionnaire; a photocopy of Wright's questionnaire as it appeared in the 'Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society', with ms. annotations (copied)...

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A Study of the Living Dialects of Lincolnshire Based on an Investigation by Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1952

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lincolnshire, based on fieldwork carried out between June and December 1951 using versions four and five of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. The collector made initial fie...

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Tape Recording of Local Dialect

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1971

Two photocopies of a paper by Stanley Ellis, outlining the methodology and equipment used in the tape recording of local dialect. Copied from a pamphlet published in 1971 for the Standing Conference o...

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Lincolnshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1951-1960

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Lincolnshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were ...

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Illustrations Used with the Survey of English Dialects Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[ca. 1950s]

This file contains a photocopy of the notebook of illustrations used by Stanley Ellis as a visual aid to elicit responses to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) questionnaire. The images include tool...

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Warwickshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1951-1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Warwickshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were ...

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Northamptonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Northamptonshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses w...

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Huntingdonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from SED localities in Huntingdonshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by SED fieldworke...

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Illustrations used with Survey of English Dialects Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[ca. 1950s]

This file contains the notebook of illustrations used by Stanley Ellis as a visual aid to elicit responses to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) questionnaire. The images include tools, implements a...

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