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Total number of records: 102

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
education102
community life102
culture78
english language - dialects73
occupations31
agriculture28
nature28
animals27
food23
wealth14

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Northumberland29
England29
Lowick11
Embleton11
Allendale1
Wark1
Thropton1
Hedden-On-The-Wall1
Earsdon1
Haltwhistle1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)102
Wright, Peter9
Lowrie, Alec8
Alexander8
Pitt, Willie8
Barry, Michael V (1935-)6
John Lyall5
Lyall, Jack5
Wade, Alec5
Sykes, Donald Richard4

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Northumberland Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1955

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

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Fishing Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1966-1968

Ms. draft and typed copies of an agenda for a meeting to discuss the progress of the Fishing Questionnaire; typed copies of a covering letter sent out with the completed questionnaire to institutions ...

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A Study of the Living Dialects of Lincolnshire Based on an Investigation by Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1952

M.A. thesis on the dialects of Lincolnshire, based on fieldwork carried out between June and December 1951 using versions four and five of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. The collector made initial fie...

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Tape Recording of Local Dialect

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1971

Two photocopies of a paper by Stanley Ellis, outlining the methodology and equipment used in the tape recording of local dialect. Copied from a pamphlet published in 1971 for the Standing Conference o...

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Lincolnshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1951-1960

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

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Illustrations Used with the Survey of English Dialects Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[ca. 1950s]

This file contains a photocopy of the notebook of illustrations used by Stanley Ellis as a visual aid to elicit responses to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) questionnaire. The images include tool...

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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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Northamptonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

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

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Huntingdonshire Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1957

Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from SED localities in Huntingdonshire to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by SED fieldworke...

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Illustrations used with Survey of English Dialects Questionnaire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[ca. 1950s]

This file contains the notebook of illustrations used by Stanley Ellis as a visual aid to elicit responses to the Survey of English Dialects (SED) questionnaire. The images include tools, implements a...

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Cumberland Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1955

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

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Durham Response Books

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

1953-1954

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

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