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Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)8
Wright, John T5
Kylstra, Henk E4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)2
Morgan, Leonard2
Orchard, Bill2
Shaw, David H2
Smith, George2
Tyler, William (1893-1893)2

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A Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations in Folk Life Studies in the University of Leeds, 1961-1970

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1971

Stewart Sanderson's published guide to theses and dissertations in folklife produced by students at the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS). It forms no. 1 of the IDFLS Occasional Paper...

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Language Papers

Strevens, Peter

1961-1966

This file contains a typed draft version of a paper for a Festschrift for Daniel Jones, 'Phonetics, Applied Linguistics, and Other Components of Language-Teaching' (1961), 15 leaves; a typed working d...

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The Phonology of the Dialect of Spitalfields in the London Borough of Stepney

Goldsack, Beryl

1962

A study of the dialect spoken in the Spitalfields area of the London borough of Stepney, based on data collected from three local informants, interviewed over Easter 1961.

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Tristan da Cunha

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1961-1962

Typed original and copy correspondence from Stewart Sanderson and other scholars relating to proposals for research into traditional culture on Tristan da Cunha (November 1961-February 1962). This als...

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Report and Annual Meetings

British Association for the Advancement of Science

1961-1967

This file contains a copy of the British Association's Annual Report for 1961-1962; programmes for the British Association's Annual Meetings in Manchester (1962), Aberdeen (1963) and Cambridge (1965);...

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Somerset Response Books

Wright, John T

1955-1956

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Somerset to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were reco...

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Fieldwork Progress Maps

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1955-1961

This file contains a number of base maps, completed in ms. by Harold Orton, showing the progress of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) fieldwork at various stages between 1955 and 1960; and the area...

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Sound Recording, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

April 1961

[Announcement: probably recorded by Stanley Ellis in 1961 when he returned to check certain responses.]; Willie Pitt, retired farmworker and waggoner recorded in Embleton; talks about a recent shipwre...

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IDFLS Lists of Theses etc. - Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-); Drury, Susan

1971-1987

The letters in this file comprise enquiries regarding the purchase of Stewart Sanderson's 'Catalogue of Theses and Dissertations in Folk Life Studies in the University of Leeds 1961-1970', and request...

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Philological Society

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1946-1961

The Philological Society was a supporter of Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth's early dialect survey work, including their construction of a questionnaire for use in gathering data. Orton and Dieth present...

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Dorset Response Books

Wright, John T

1956

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Dorset to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were record...

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Sussex Response Books

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1959

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Sussex to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were record...

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