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Total number of records: 445

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english language - dialects28
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Yorkshire264
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Wright, Peter445
Wright, William12
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)10
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Farrar, William6

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Fleetwood (Lancashire), Descriptive and Historical

Wright, Peter

1954

Ph.D. containing in its first volume a treatment of the sounds of the dialect recorded in 19[53], the modern equivalents of the Middle English vowels and consonants, and an account of the syntax and m...

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Herefordshire Response Books

Sykes, Donald Richard; Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Herefordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were...

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Warwickshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1951-1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Warwickshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were ...

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Phonology of the Dialect of Fleetwood, Lancashire

Wright, Peter

1949

A study of the dialect spoken in Fleetwood in Lancashire. A number of leaves have been removed from this piece of work, and as a consequence the current item starts at Chapter Three, on the developmen...

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Lancashire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1952-1955

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Lancashire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were re...

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Yorkshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1950-1953

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Yorkshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were rec...

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Cheshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter; Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1951-1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Cheshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were reco...

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Oxfordshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Wright, Peter

1952-1953

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Oxfordshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were r...

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Essex Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009); Berntsen, Howard N; Barry, Michael V (1935-); Wright, Peter

1952-1961

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Essex to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorde...

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Middlesex and London Response Books

Wright, Peter

1952

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Middlesex and London to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Respons...

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Surrey Response Books

Wright, Peter; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1952-1959

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Surrey to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were record...

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Kent Response Books

Wright, Peter; Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1952-1959

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Kent to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded...

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