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english language - dialects21
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Wakelin, Martyn F24
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8
North, David J6
Wright, John T3
Dyson, B Ronald2
Lobb, Francis James2
Lobb, Mrs.2
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)2
Willey, William Henry2
Cox, N.1

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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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Informant Correspondence.

Wakelin, Martyn F

1964

Correspondence from informants and their relatives addressed to Martyn Wakelin, relating biographical information not originally collected by fieldworkers, and additional details on villages, March - ...

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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...

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SED Phonological Map: Donkey
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SED Phonological Map: Donkey

Wakelin, Martyn F

[1960s]

Experimental printed phonological map, completed in ms. and typescript, for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the stem vowels used in responses. The map is labelled Linguistic Atlas of England, ...

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SED Word Map: Donkey
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SED Word Map: Donkey

Wakelin, Martyn F

[1960s]

Experimental printed word map, completed in ms. and typescript, for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the distribution of responses Ass, Bronka, Bronkus, Bunkus, Fussenock and Fussesick; and 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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SED Word Map: Dovecote
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SED Word Map: Dovecote

Wakelin, Martyn F; North, David J

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question I.1.7, Dovecote, mapping responses Cove, Pigeon-Cove, Dove-Cot(e), Pigeon-Dove-Cot(e), Dove-House, Pigeon-Dove-House, Locker, Pigeon-Locker, Pigeon-Cot(e...

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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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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: Donkey
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SED Word Map: Donkey

Wakelin, Martyn F

[1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed word map for SED question III.13.16, Donkey, mapping the distribution of responses Ass, Bronka, Bronkus, Bunkus, Fussenock and Fussesick; and also showing the limits of responses ...

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