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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 ...
A Phonological Study of the Dialects of Northumberland
Smith, Patricia Anne
1954
A study of the dialects spoken in Northumberland, based on fieldwork undertaken in the county in 1953 by Stanley Ellis, for the Survey of English Dialects. An introduction to the seven villages comp...
English Dialect Districts Map
[1950s-1960s]
Printed map, used to illustrated Alexander J. Ellis's "Existing Phonology of English Sounds", part V of his 'On Early English Pronunciation' (London: Philological Society, 1869-1889) and 'English Dial...
Etymologicon magnum, or universal etymological dictionary, on a new plan. With illustrations drawn from various languages: English, Gothic, Saxon, German, Danish... Greek, Latin, - French, Italian, Spanish - Galic, Irish, Welsh, Bretagne, &c. The dialects of the Sclavonic; and the esatern languages, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Sanscrit, Gipsey, Coptic ... [etc.]
Whiter, Walter (1758-1832)
1800
No more published.
Etymologicon magnum, or universal etymological dictionary, on a new plan. With illustrations drawn from various languages: English, Gothic, Saxon, German, Danish... Greek, Latin, - French, Italian, Spanish - Galic, Irish, Welsh, Bretagne, &c. The dialects of the Sclavonic; and the esatern languages, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Sanscrit, Gipsey, Coptic ... [etc.]
Whiter, Walter (1758-1832)
1800
No more published.
The Linguistic Geography of Shropshire and Worcestershire: A Phonological Survey
Sykes, Donald Richard
1956
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Shropshire and Worcestershire, based on fieldwork using the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire during 1954-1955. Four chapters present an overview of previous work on the dialect...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Essex
Berntsen, Howard N
1962
M.A. thesis comprising three volumes. Volume One contains six chapters, the first being a description of the Essex sounds recorded in 1958, 1959 and 1961. Chapters Two to Six treat the development of ...
Folk Tales in Edo as a Reflection of Culture
Emovon, Joshua A
1976
M.A. dissertation comprising an Introduction, five chapters and sample texts of Edo folktales. The Introduction discusses the name Edo (referring to the people who inhabit Benin City, Benin East and B...
Aspects of the Phonology and Agricultural Terminology of the Rural Dialects of Surrey, Kent and Sussex
North, David J
1982
Ph.D. thesis including chapters on the aims and scope of the investigation, undertaken in Surrey, Kent and Sussex, sources of material, methods of analysis and presentation, phonology, word geography ...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Lancashire
Lukiantchuk, Edna
1956
M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lancashire. This is a revised and expanded version of the collector's 1955 B.A. thesis, 'Studies in the Phonology of the Living Dialects of Lancashire' ( LAVC/SRP/2/218)...
The Application of Phonetics and Phonology to Foreign Language Teaching
Arrammash, Habib Hassen
1976
A thesis which addresses the question of how knowledge derived from phonetic and phonological study can be applied to the teaching and learning of foreign language pronunciation. And how such an appli...
Studies in the Linguistic Geography of Leicestershire and Rutland
Playford, Averil H
1957
M.A. thesis presenting a phonological account of the dialects of Leicestershire and Rutland, and showing by analysis of selected material a significant geographical distribution. The Introduction prov...