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Turvey Response Book - 27Beds1
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
13 Jan 1958 - 19 Jan 1958
Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers ar...
Survey of English Dialects recording in Turvey, Bedfordshire
Jan 1958
[Side 1] Tom briefly mentions starting work aged 11, talks about decline of local lace making tradition, reflects on working conditions and wages in past, compares cost of living now in past, recalls ...
Book I: The Farm [Turvey Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
13 Jan 1958 - 19 Jan 1958
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Tom Essery recorded by fieldworker Stanley Ellis in the International Ph...
Book III: Animals [Turvey Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
13 Jan 1958 - 19 Jan 1958
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to animals.
Book VI: The Human Body [Turvey Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
13 Jan 1958 - 19 Jan 1958
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the human body.
Book VII: Numbers, Time and Weather [Turvey Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
13 Jan 1958 - 19 Jan 1958
Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to numbers, time and the weather.
Notes [Turvey Response Book]
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)
13 Jan 1958 - 19 Jan 1958
Notes section at the rear of the response book. Includes biographical information about the informants.