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Ambler, Pamela J3
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The Living Dialect of Queensbury, Near Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding

Ambler, Pamela J

1954

A study of the dialect spoken in Queensbury in West Yorkshire. An introduction to the town is followed by a chapter which gives a descriptive account of the dialect in 1954 (with sections on vowels ...

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The Living Dialect of Windhill Near Bradford Yorkshire W.R.

Barker, Diana J

1959

A study of the dialect spoken in Windhill, near Shipley in West Yorkshire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with five informants, and a tape-recording of two Windhill inhabitants, ...

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The Living Dialect of the Quarries at Crosland Hill, Near Huddersfield

Sykes, Donald Richard

1954

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Crosland Hill in the old West Riding of Yorkshire, with particular reference to the occupational language associated with its quarrying industry.

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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram
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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. line diagram of a beer barrel, labelled in ms. according to the terminology used in Queensbury (West Yorkshire). The diagram was drawn by Pamela Ambler for use in her thesis on the dialect of Quee...

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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram
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Terminology of the Beer Barrel at Queensbury Diagram

[Mid 1950s-1960s]

Ms. line diagram of a beer barrel, labelled according to the terminology used in Queensbury (West Yorkshire). The labelling and title of the diagram is in typescript. The diagram was drawn by Pamela A...

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