The Living Dialect of Walshaw
Description
A study of the dialect spoken in Walshaw in Lancashire. An introduction to the village is followed by chapters which give a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect recorded in 1952, describe the development of Middle English sounds in the living dialect (vowels of stressed and unstressed syllables), changes in consonantal sounds from the Old and Middle English periods down to 1952, and present a tabular summary of Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian and Old French equivalents of stressed vowels in the living dialect. Two appendices present examples of the Walshaw dialect, transcribed phonetically and orthographically, and some notes on the Definite Article. A Word List and photographs of the collector's two principal informants are also included.
Metadata
| Identifier | w54f79ww |
| IRN | 410241 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/2/205 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/w54f79ww |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Undergraduate Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Walker, Brenda Mary |
| Date | 1952 |
| Size and Medium | ix, 151 bound ms. leaves; 3 photographs. |