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A Study of the Use of Dialect in Thomas Hardy's Novels and Short Stories with Special Reference to Phonology and Vocabulary
Baugner, Ulla
1972
A doctoral dissertation which examines certain dialectal features in Thomas Hardy's novels and short stories, and assesses to what extent Hardy can be said to give a faithful representation of the dia...
Papers on Allendale Town Dialect
Dixon, Hubert
[1929-1969]
This file contains a typed series of articles, originally written for the 'Hexham Courant' (ca. 1929-1939), on the dialect of Allendale Town, Northumberland. The author, Hubert Dixon, was a native of ...
Verse
[1960s-1970s]
This subseries contains items relating to verse and folk poetry. The subject matter includes British monologues; long narrative verse including 'Beowulf' and other Old English poetry; copies of pages ...
Canterbury Tales Prologue Extract
[1950s-1960s]
Copy from an unidentified publication of the first 19 lines of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Prologue to the Canterbury Tales', in Middle English. The page includes a glossary.
Richard II, Act II, Scene 1 Extract
[1950s-1960s]
Copy from an unidentified publication of lines 40-50 from Act II, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's 'King Richard II'.
Dialectal Features in D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers
White, Louise
1977
This file contains a paper which examines the Nottinghamshire dialect in the dialogue of D. H. Lawrence's 'Sons and Lovers', with reference to phonology, grammar and vocabulary.
Studies in the Historical Phonology of the Yorkshire Dialects
Dean, Christopher
1953
Ph.D. thesis which analyses fieldwork data collected as part of the Survey of English Dialects, and compares it with information contained in monographs on separate Yorkshire localities. This covers t...
Proverbial Reference in the Novels of Arnold Bennett
Hands, Samuel
1966
[M.A.] thesis comprising eight chapters on Arnold Bennett's use of proverbs in his novels. The chapters are titled Techniques and Sources, The Proverb: Meaning and Use, The Novelist in his Chosen Loca...
The Hambleton Dialect
Wood, W
1942
The complete thesis comprises six chapters. The Hambleton dialect is defined as the speech of the farms and villages on the slopes and at the foot of the Hambleton Hills, and the study is chiefly conc...
Handlist of Dialect Publications at Keele University Library
University of Keele. Library
1976
This file contains a typed handlist of 19th-century Lancashire dialect publications (prose and verse) held at Keele University Library. This includes an accompanying typed letter from the Archivist at...
Editors' Papers
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1947-1971
This series contains papers created during the editing and printing of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Introduction and Basic Material volumes.
Sound Recording, Northamptonshire
Skelton, G
[1979]
Male speaker [?originally from Norfolk], recorded in Wellingborough; recites a selection of narratives (monologues and anecdotes), a poem by C. L. Lewis, and poems from a volume of Norfolk dialect ver...