The Phonology of the Dialect of Harbury in the County of Warwickshire
Description
A study of the dialect spoken in Harbury in Warwickshire, based on fieldwork data collected from two village inhabitants. An introduction to the village and the informants is followed by five chapters. The first three present a descriptive account of the sounds of the dialect, describe the development of Middle English sounds in the living dialect (vowels of stressed syllables), and present a tabular summary of Old English, Middle English, Scandinavian and Old French equivalents of stressed vowels in the living dialect. The fourth chapter contains phonetic and orthographic (broad and narrow) transcriptions of passages from tape-recorded interviews made by the collector. The final chapter presents an account of the process of cement-quarrying carried out in Harbury in the early part of the twentieth century, compiled from information and rough sketches provided by one of the collector's principal informants. A glossary of technical terms is included in this chapter. A list of all the words used as examples in the study is included. Photographs of the informants and postcard prints of the village are also included.
Metadata
| Identifier | wnlgvqr8 |
| IRN | 410266 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/2/230 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/wnlgvqr8 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Undergraduate Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Varney, Maurice H |
| Date | 1958 |
| Size and Medium | xvii, 88 [spring] bound ms. leaves; 3 b/w photographs; 3 b/w postcards. |