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The Living Dialect of Delph in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Heywood, Barbara V
1957
A study of the dialect of Delph in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on fieldwork undertaken by the collector towards the end of 1956.
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...
Orthographic Transcriptions
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wakelin, Martyn F
1956-1963
Typed transcriptions (by Stanley Ellis) of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) audio-recordings, made in Horsington (1956) and South Zeal (1963); and a typed paper by Martyn Wakelin, 'The...
A Phonological Analysis of a Dialect Recording of Withypool (Somerset)
Oxley, Joyce
1970
A study of the dialect spoken in Withypool, Somerset, based on the collector's analysis of a tape recording of one male speaker, made by Stanley Ellis in 1956.
A Grammar of the Dialect of Heywood, Lancashire
Hunt, Jean
1959
M.A. thesis on the dialect of Heywood in Lancashire, based on the collector's own fieldwork and tape recordings of two speakers made by Stanley Ellis in February and September 1956.
The Living Dialect of Midgley in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Marchington, Stella
1956
A study of the dialect spoken in Midgley, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on the collector's interviews with seven local informants, and an audio recording of a Midgley speaker made by Stan...
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...
A Phonology of the Dialect of Merriott in Somerset
Hamper, H Victor
1959
A study of the dialect spoken in Merriott in Somerset, based on the collector's fieldwork interviews with one male informant in September 1958 and January 1959, the written field recordings made by Jo...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland
Playford, Averil H
1957
M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...
Folk Drama: General
1956-1980
This file contains a copy of Alex Helm's typed 'Index of Folk Plays' (complete to June 1956), [41] leaves, with ms. annotations; a copy of 'Traditional Drama: S[urvey of] L[anguage and] F[olklore]. Re...
Questionnaire Version 3
Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)
1949-1950
This sub-subseries includes typescript papers on the progress of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire and Survey of English Dialects (SED) plans; typescript drafts of version 3 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnai...
New Survey of Dialectal English Memorandum
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956); Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1952
A paper (8 leaves) compiled by Eugen Dieth and Harold Orton, and dated 22 February 1952, on the aims and objectives of, and fieldwork methodologies to be used in, research for the Survey of English Di...