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A Comparative Phonology Between Tunstall and Longton
Tooth, E E
1970
M.A. dissertation offering a study of the phonological structure of two dialects and the compilation of a comparative phonology. This work was based on interviews with four informants in Tunstall and ...
The Folklore of Plants: An Analysis of its Function with Reference to Patterns of Expression
Muirhead, Anne E
1978
A dissertation which examines sixteen informants' beliefs relating to plants, and how they express such beliefs, based on interviews and correspondence with readers of gardening journals. The study ta...
SED Word Map (Yorkshire): She
[Mid 1950s-1960s]
Experimental printed word map of Yorkshire, completed in ms. and with SED localities numbered, for SED question IX.7.7, She (stressed). The map shows the distribution of the responses She, Shoo and 'O...
Wordmap Series
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1978
Photocopies of Sanderson's 'Wordmap' series of five short articles, as published in 'New Society', August-September 1978. The articles appeared shortly before the publication of 'The Linguistic Atlas ...
Papers on Resources for Folklife Research
1971-1979
This file contains catalogues and lists detailing folk-related items held at various institutions. It includes the International Association of Sound Archives'Directory of Member Archives' (London: IA...
Sound Recording, Derbyshire
Russell, Ian
September-October 1970
Children of Unstone Community Junior Middle School, Unstone, give examples of clapping, singing, ring and skipping games. Recorded in school and in the playground.
Sep/ Oct, 1998, Brno
Jul 1997 - Oct 1998
Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "Culture and Democracy - then and now" for the conference "Crossroads of European Culture". (Masaryk University, 30 Sep- 4 Oct 1...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Easingwold, Yorkshire
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
15 Apr 1955
[Side 1] John tells anecdote about two brothers working on buildings at Ampleforth College who found buried 'pankin' [= earthenware pot] of spade-guineas, shared plunder and lived off 'brass' for year...
Thatched Cottage
September 1966
Thatched cottage with limewashed stone walls the Ulster Folk Museum (now Ulster Folk and Transport Museum), Cultra (County Down).
SED Phonological Map: Saw-Dust
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1960s-mid 1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map for SED question I.7.17, Saw-Dust, mapping [a:]- and [o:]-type responses for the Northern Counties. The map was compiled by Harold Orton.
West Midlands Responses: Book IV, Part 12
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties to Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book IV, Part 12: Parts of a Tree. Includes questions IV.12.1 Root - IV.12.5 To Lop.
West Midlands Responses: Book VI, Part 12
[1960s]
Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VI, Part 12: General Diseases. Includes questions VI.12.1 Measles - VI.12.5 Worst.