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Total number of records: 88

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language surveys36
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folklore3
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dialect literature, english2
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anglo-norman dialect1
names, english (old)1
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Orton, Harold (1898-1975)38
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)36
University of Leeds. Department of English Language and Medieval English Literature36
Halliday, Wilfrid J9
Wakelin, Martyn F9
Barry, Michael V (1935-)9
Tilling, P M (1938-)9
Haldane, Harry (1842-1916)2
Toller, T Northcote (1844-1930)2
Harwood, H W2

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A survey of verb forms in the eastern United States

Atwood, Elmer Bagby (1906-1963)

1953

Bibliographical footnotes.

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American English pronunciation

Bauer, Laurie (1949-)

[1980]

Accompanied by supplement "Comparison with Danish" (38 p. : ill.; 21 cm.) Bibliography: pages 266-268.

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American English pronunciation : supplement - Comparison with Danish

Bauer, Laurie (1949-)

1980

Accompanies "American English pronunciation" (xi, 293, [2] p; ill. , 23cm.)

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The dialect of Halifax parish : Observations on consonants

Harwood, H W

1935

Reprinted from the "Halifax Courier & Guardian Almanack", 1935.

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The dialect of Halifax parish : Observations on consonants

Harwood, H W

1935

Reprinted from the "Halifax Courier & Guardian Almanack", 1935.

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Dialectology : problems and perspectives

Burghardt, Lorraine Hall; University of Tennessee, Knoxville

1971

Proceedings of a conference held Apr. 17-18, 1970, at the University of Tennessee. Includes bibliographical references.

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Dialect recording in Wark, Northumberland

Lenihan, J M A

30 May 1939

[Side 1] Douglas supplies pronunciations of list of prompt words; brief conversation between Douglas and George about recording Wark dialect for posterity. [Side 2] George recites the story of the lit...

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The dialect of Hackness (North-East Yorkshire) : with original specimens, and a word-list

Cowling, G H (1881-1946)

1915

"The dialect... is that spoken by agriculturalists and their labourers on the Wolds and in the Dales of North-Eastern and Eastern Yorkshire ... Most ... from the neighborhood of Hackness," cf. Introd....

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