The Living Dialect of Broughton in Furness, in the County of Lancashire

Description

M.A. thesis examining the dialect of Broughton in Furness, based on data collected between September 1947 and April 1948. Its six chapters give a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect recorded in 1947/1948, the development of Middle English sounds in the living dialect (vowels of accented and unaccented syllables), a summary of the Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian and Old French equivalents of the stressed vowels of the living dialect, changes from the Old and Middle English periods to 1948, with regard to consonantal sounds, and the grammar of the living dialect. Appendices contain a description of the basket making process, and specimens of dialect recorded in three local tales. A Word List is also included.

Metadata

Identifier nmqvb579
IRN 410003
Class Mark LAVC/SRP/1/107
Level File
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/nmqvb579
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Postgraduate Theses and Dissertations
Creator(s) Round, Mabel G
Date 1949
Size and Medium 292 ms. leaves; 2 b/w photographs.

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