Askrigg Response Book - 6Y7

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

Response book recording the answers given by informants during the Survey of English Dialect. It includes 9 sections that cover a range of topics relating to work, domestic and social life. Answers are recorded in the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Interviews have been carried out by fieldworker Peter Wright. There are four informants for this response book - Harold Bell, Ernest Burton, Edward Dinsdale and Thomas Weatherall. Their responses can be found in the following books: Harold Bell - I, II, III Ernest Burton - IV, V Edward Dinsdale - VI, VIII, IX Thomas Weatherall - VII, VIII

The index for the response book can be found with book I. Location, biographical or phonetic notes will be shown either in the final notes section or within the book they appear in.

• Date range: 6 Dec 1951 - 12 Dec 1951
• Date: 1951
• Collection: Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
• Physical Identifier: LAVC/SED/2/2/6/7