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community life2
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occupations2
communication1
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Jones, Claire1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
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Wills, Caroline1

Archive File

Military Humour

Wills, Caroline

1979

A study of verbal military humour, based on written items sent to the collector from a British Army unit based in Antwerp (70 items), and 500 items from the Humor in Uniform pages of the 'Readers' Dig...

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SED Phonological Map: Coal
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SED Phonological Map: Coal

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[Mid-1960s-mid-1970s]

Experimental printed phonological map of the Northern Counties, completed in ms., for SED question IV.4.5, Coal, mapping the various vowel types. The map is headed Survey of English Dialects: Northern...

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Sound Recordings, South Yorkshire

Russell, Ian

December 1970

Assembled company singing carols in the Crown and Glove pub, Stannington, Sheffield, accompanied by members of the Stannington Silver Band. Recorded 5 December 1970. [Tr. 2] Assembled company and so...

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Archive File

Booklists

1951-1980

These files contain bibliographies, catalogues and related items, collected by Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies (IDFLS) archivists and members of staff. The items were originally held in one...

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The Living Dialect of Cardington, Shropshire

Jones, Claire

1953

A study of the dialect spoken in Cardington in Shropshire.

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