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French Folk Dance Group
Jeffares, Mrs
1975
Group of French folk dancers from Meynes (Provence), performers of La Farandole, a traditional dance of Provence and Languedoc. The dance group are made up of children of various ages, dressed in whit...
On the French Element in the English Regional Dialects
Stott, Prudence Ethel
[1970s]
Photocopied pages (69-83) from an M.A. (English Language) thesis, submitted to the University of Liverpool in 1934. These pages were copied from Chapter Four, and contain word lists grouped into distr...
French Language Survey: Farm Cart Terminology
[1960s-mid-1970s]
Copy of a page from a published French language survey (unidentified), illustrating items 839 and 840 relating to the hitching and unhitching of wagons/farm carts drawn by draft animals. Each item is ...
The Phonology of the Dialect of Wedmore, Somerset
Parker, David J
1976
A study of the dialect spoken in the Somerset village of Wedmore, based on data collected through free-conversation fieldwork interviews with six local informants.
Reviews (Academic)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1952-1971
Offprint and photocopied reviews of 'A Questionnaire for a Linguistic Atlas of England', the SED Basic Material volumes ( Introduction and Volume 1, parts 1-3) and British and American dialect atlases...
The Phonology of the Living Dialect of Pilling, Lancashire
Badman, Mary J
1979
A study of the dialect spoken in the Lancashire village of Pilling, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with three local informants.
A Historical Survey of the Modern Dialect of Crawshawbooth
Parkin, Gail
1974
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Crawshawbooth in Lancashire, based on data collected through fieldwork conversations with young and older members of the community.
The Phonology of the Dialect of Rippingale, Lincolnshire
Asher, Michael J
1977
A study of the dialect spoken in the Lincolnshire village of Rippingale, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with three principal informants.
Sound Recording, West Yorkshire
Cooke, Jane A
[1979]
Mrs. Jordan, recorded in Birdsedge, talks about her childhood games, played in Crawley, West Sussex. Describes ball games, 'Battle of Waterloo', French skipping (elastics), counting-out rhymes; song; ...
The Living Dialect of Groby in Leicestershire
Lovett, Ruth M
1973
A study of the dialect spoken in the Leicestershire village of Groby, based on fieldwork interviews with four local inhabitants.
The Living Dialect of Brigstock in Northamptonshire
Addington, Roger G
1974
A study of the dialect spoken in Brigstock in Northamptonshire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with three local informants.
A Historical Survey of the Modern Dialect of Catforth
Skinner, Peter
1975
A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Catforth in Lancashire, based on data collected through fieldwork interviews with three local informants during April 1974.