Project correspondence and briefings issued by Centre for Manx Studies personnel regarding a project to survey the Manx-English dialect spoken on the Isle of Man, also referred to as Anglo-Manx dialect.
Date(s): 1996-1997
Creator(s): Various
Scope & Content: Amassed by Cathy Clucas, to whom some of the letters are addressed, the contents include a schedule of meetings held on the weekend of 11-13 October 1996 during a visit by Andrew Hamer and again on 10 May 1997, names of volunteers and postgraduate students involved in the project and newsletter no. 1 'Glare Vannin Recording Mann', May 1997. For the 2001 doctorate thesis of project member Breesha Maddrell, see MS 10508 ('Contextualising a vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect: developing Manx identities').
Language: English
Extent: 1 folder
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: FONDS
ID number: MS 13732
Record class: Private
Access conditions: No regulations or restrictions are implemented on this material. Advance notification of a research visit is advisable by emailing library@mnh.gov.im
Comments
Archive catalogue
Linked Records
Museum:
- 'Contextualising a vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect: developing Manx identities' (thesis)
- The development and variation of English on the Isle of Man: [document drawing together the aims and methods of the study] (report)
- Recording Mann project records (Anglo-Manx Dialect Project) generated by the Centre for Manx Studies with support from the Manx Heritage Foundation (files)