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A Word Geography of England
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1970-1973
Correspondence between Harold Orton and Nathalia Wright and the publishers, Seminar Press, regarding the publication of their book, 'A Word Geography of England'. This sub-subseries also contains lett...
A word-geography of Cornwall
North, David J; Sharpe, Adam; Institute of Cornish Studies. Survey of Cornish Dialects
1980
Bibliography: p. 16.
A word-geography of Cornwall
North, David J; Sharpe, Adam; Institute of Cornish Studies. Survey of Cornish Dialects
1980
Bibliography: p. 16.
A Word Geography of England
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1970-1977
This subfonds includes items relating to the production of 'A Word Geography of England' (WGE), the first linguistic atlas based on the Survey of English Dialects to be published. It consists of edito...
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 ...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Staffordshire
Gibson, Dr Peter H
1955
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Staffordshire, based on fieldwork in Warslow, Mow Cop, Alton, Barlaston, Mavesyn Ridware, Ellenhall, Lapley, Hoar Cross, Edingale, Wigginton and Himley during the period...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Lancashire
Lukiantchuk, Edna
1956
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lancashire. This is a revised and expanded version of the collector's 1955 B.A. thesis, 'Studies in the Phonology of the Living Dialects of Lancashire' ( LAVC/SRP/2/218)...
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...
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 ...
Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland Map
Playford, Averil H
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Printed map headed "Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland", completed in ms. and typescript to show the three dialectal areas of the region (Western Region, Buffer Region and Eastern Regi...
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...
Handbook of the linguistic geography of New England
Kurath, Hans (1891-1992); Kurath, Hans (1891-1992)
1954, c1939
Supplements the Linguistic atlas of New England. "Bibliography of linguistic geography": p. 54-61.