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Word paradigms that have gone by in our generation (lecture before the British Linguistics Association, Reading, England, April 1967)

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Subject Languages: 
English
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
English
Locations: 
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Eric Hamp gives a lecture before the British Linguistics Association in Reading, England, in April 1967.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape is not the live recording, rather a copy: remarks that begin Track 2 are repeated from the end of Track 1. The WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 
Hamp, Eric P.

Our changing language

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Subject Languages: 
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
English
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
English
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Middle English (1100-1500)
Locations: 
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
On Side A of the disc the history of the development of English before its introduction to America is recalled. On Side B the history of the development of the language in the U.S. and Canada is illustrated with twelve dialect samples gathered by Mrs. Evelyn Gott in both the U.S.A. and Canada.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Tape was dubbed from the 33⅓ rpm vinyl disc (issued in 1965), Cat. No. EMC Corporation 23843, lent to the LLA in 1975. The (photocopied) notes from the back of the album are filed under “ENG G.1.1”. The WAVE files are converted to MP3s.
Contributor: 

Varieties of spoken English

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Subject Languages: 
English
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
English
Locations: 
United States
Australia
Oceania
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
Units 1-14 (recordings of free conversation, some “seminars”,;a tour guide’s spiel about the Thames, etc.–mainly in British dialects but with American and Australian speech as well)
Collection Technical Notes: 
Contributor: 
Dickinson, Leslie; Ronald Mackin, et al.

English dialect samples (British and American)

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Subject Languages: 
English
Primary Languages: 
English
Languages: 
English
Locations: 
United States
United Kingdom
Collection Descriptive Notes: 
McDavid pronounces vowel norms; he reads “Grip the Rat”; various speakers are heard (from the LAE (Linguistic Atlas of England); and interviews of eight speakers for the Linguistic Atlas of the United States are excerpted.
Collection Technical Notes: 
Master was dubbed from numerous (unnamed sources) at the Language Laboratory c. 1963. The WAVE file has been converted to MP3.
Contributor: 
McDavid, Raven I., et al.