The Living Dialect of Bury, Lancashire
Description
A study of the dialect spoken in Bury, Lancashire, based on data collected during interviews with three local informants in 196[1]. An introduction to the town and the collector's informants is followed by five chapters which present a descriptive account of the sounds of the Bury dialect recorded in 196[1], describe the development of Middle English sounds in the living dialect (vowels of stressed and unstressed syllables), describe changes in consonantal sounds from the Old and Middle English periods down to 196[1], and present a tabular summary of Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian and Old French equivalents of the stressed vowels in the Bury dialect. A Word List is included. Two postcard prints show views of the town [undated].
Metadata
| Identifier | cp772m16 |
| IRN | 410282 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/2/246 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/cp772m16 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Undergraduate Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Ramsbottom, Valerie Anne |
| Date | 1962 |
| Size and Medium | xii, 95 bound ms. leaves. |