J. D. A. Widdowson

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ISBN 978-0-7099-5409-5. OCLC 1014618497.
  • Story, George Morley; Kirwin, William James; Widdowson, J. D. A (1990). Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press. ISBN   978-0-8020-5887-4. OCLC 883390761.
  • Upton, Clive; Parry, David; Widdowson, J. D. A (1994). Survey of English dialects: the dictionary and grammar. London [etc.: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-415-02029-9. OCLC 1120227862.
  • Widdowson, J. D. A (2002). Little Jack and other Newfoundland folktales. St. John, Nfld.: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Folklore and Language Publications. ISBN   978-0-88901-363-6. OCLC51496439.
  • Widdowson, J. D. A; Halpert, Herbert (2016). Folktales of Newfoundland: the resilience of the oral tradition. ISBN   978-1-138-84548-0. OCLC 1062271032.
  • Kelsey, N. G. N. (2019). Alton, Janet E.; Widdowson, J. D. A. (eds). Games, rhymes, and wordplay of London children. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   978-3-030-02909-8.
  • References

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    2. Newfoundland, Memorial University of. "English Language Research Centre". Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
    3. Widdowson, J. D. A (1980). Aspects of traditional verbal control threats and threatening figures in Newfoundland folklore (Thesis). Ottawa: National Library of Canada. OCLC   1019218751.
    4. 1 2 3 "National Centre for English Cultural Tradition". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
    5. 1 2 Widdowson, J. D. A. (1 September 2016). "New Beginnings: Towards a National Folklore Survey" . Folklore. 127 (3): 257–269. doi:10.1080/0015587X.2016.1198178. ISSN   0015-587X. S2CID   151463190.
    6. Orton, Harold; Sanderson, Stewart; Widdowson, John (1978). The linguistic atlas of England. London: Croom Helm. OCLC   466304700.
    7. Clive., Upton (1994). Survey of English dialects : the dictionary and grammar. Routledge. ISBN   0-415-02029-8. OCLC   454502554.
    8. Aveyard, Edward (2023). "The Atlas Linguarum Europae in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland". Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society: 3–11.
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    10. Widdowson, J. D. A (1996). Bibliography of British folklore. St. John's: Institute for Folklore Studies in Britain and Canada. ISBN   978-0-88901-306-3. OCLC   833095934.
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    J.D.A. Widdowson
    Born1935
    Sheffield, England
    NationalityBritish
    Occupation(s)Linguist, folklorist
    Known forFounding the Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language (CECTAL), work on the Survey of English Dialects
    AwardsCoote Lake Medal (2000)
    HonorsHonorary degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of Edinburgh
    Academic background
    Education University of Oxford
    University of Leeds (MA)
    Memorial University of Newfoundland (PhD)