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The Living Dialect of Delph in the West Riding of Yorkshire
Heywood, Barbara V
1957
A study of the dialect of Delph in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on fieldwork undertaken by the collector towards the end of 1956.
Dales (DCM): Fletcher, Pete
2022-2023
Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted (2022-2023) at partner museum with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage...
SED Phonological Map: Friday
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Experimental printed phonological map for SED question VII.4.4, Friday and VII.4.7, (on) Friday (week), mapping vowel forms in responses where the initial f is pronounced. The map is labelled as a dra...
Westmorland Response Books
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
1954-1955
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Westmorland to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were r...
Sound Recordings, Nigeria
Olayemi, Rufus V K
[1960s]
Adult and child informants, recorded in Nigeria, singing/chanting Nigerian folk tales, with listeners'/audience responses and participation. Includes also narration and chants, with listeners' respons...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Shirenewton, Monmouthshire
10 Dec 1955
[Side 1] Bill recalls keeping badger in past and local farmers bringing dogs to train against it, describes occasion when he saw 14 dogs try in vain to defeat badger, explains how to bait badger succe...
Horses, Cattle and Draft Animals
1960-1973
This file contains items on livestock, in particular cattle and horses. The focus is largely on the general care and management of cattle and horses, folklore relating to their care, medicine, dialect...
A Synchronic Study of the Dialect of Delph, West Riding of Yorkshire
Foster, Averill
1968
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Delph, in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, based on an analysis of tape-recorded free conversation with ten local informants, interviewed by the collec...
Monmouthshire Response Books
Sykes, Donald Richard; Parry, David (1937-)
1955-1960
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Monmouthshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...