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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...
Kuwaiti Folktales
Al-Hamdan, Amna Rashed
1967
Postgraduate study comprising four chapters. The Introduction has sections on the geography and climate of Kuwait, the origin of its people, a brief history of modern Kuwait, religion, family and soci...
Stanley Ellis: An Appreciation
[1982]
A collection of articles and essays, on sheets of duplicating paper with carbon beneath, written by colleagues to mark Stanley Ellis's retirement from the School of English. This includes an introduct...
Professor Orton: Biography and Obituary Notices
1972-1975
This file comprises papers containing biographical information on, and obituaries of, Harold Orton. This includes printed biographical details of Orton's education and career, possibly from/for a biog...
Miscellaneous Dialect Papers 4
[1933-1978]
This file contains a paper napkin printed with pictures and numbers with words in Welsh and English (undated); Harold Orton's review of Eugen Dieth's 'A Grammar of the Buchan Dialect (Aberdeenshire), ...
Raven McDavid Articles
McDavid, Raven Ioor (1911-1984)
[1960-1981]
Originally housed in a single folder labelled Complete Set of Xeroxes of Raven McDavid's Articles, these files contain photocopies of printed, typed and draft articles and papers by McDavid, mainly re...
Folk Song: General
1959-1981
This file contains typed song texts for 'Ah'm an O'wd Age Penshoner' (provenance unknown); a photocopy of the text and tune for 'Charley of Armor', collected from Captain Shields by Geoff Wood, from a...