The Living Dialect of Rolleston on Dove

Description

A study of the dialect spoken in Rolleston on Dove in Staffordshire, based on data collected from fieldwork interviews with two local residents. The study comprises an introduction to the village, followed by chapters on the sounds of the Rolleston dialect [recorded in 1964], and the development of the Middle English vowel system of accented syllables in the dialect. An Index of Words is included. Photographs and postcard prints show views of the village.

Metadata

Identifier wgzdwgqv
IRN 410289
Class Mark LAVC/SRP/2/253
Level File
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/wgzdwgqv
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Undergraduate Dissertations
Creator(s) Langton, Robin R
Date 1965
Size and Medium xii, 53 bound typed leaves; 6 b/w photographs.

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