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Total number of records: 572

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english language - dialects19
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Wright, John T572
Jim17
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Dudman, Charles Henry13
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Kent, Ernest Felix12
Morgan, Leonard12
Bryant, Frederick James11

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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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Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Somerset

Wright, John T

1957

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Somerset, based on written recordings made in fourteen localities during 1955-1956 using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, and tape recordings made in July and December 195...

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Somerset Response Books

Wright, John T

1955-1956

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

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Wiltshire Response Books

Wright, John T

1957

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

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Cornwall Response Books

Wright, John T

1958

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

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Devon Response Books

Wright, John T

1958

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

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Dorset Response Books

Wright, John T

1956

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

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Hampshire Response Books

Wright, John T; Wright, Peter; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1952-1959

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

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Correspondence

Wright, John T

1964

Ms. letter from John T. Wright of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, to Stanley Ellis regarding the choice of Survey of English Dialects (SED) locations in Somerset, wit...

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Lisvane, near Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan. Being a Preliminary Survey

Wright, John T

1955

A study of the dialect spoken in Lisvane , Glamorgan, based on fieldwork interviews conducted towards the end of 1954. The collector used the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire to elicit answers from informant...

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SED Fieldworkers Map
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SED Fieldworkers Map

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1950s-1960s]

Printed map, completed in ms., showing the areas worked in by SED fieldworkers Stanley Ellis, Peter Wright, Donald Sykes, Peter Gibson and John T. Wright. At the stage the map was produced, fieldwork ...

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Weston Response Book - 31So1
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Weston Response Book - 31So1

Wright, John T

30 Sep 1955 - 15 Oct 1955

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...

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