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barrens n pl The two million hectares of heath in this region is the largest tract of such vegetation on the North American continent south of the taiga zone. Newfoundlanders have traditionally referred to this vast nonforested landscape as 'barrens'. [This scientist then goes on, pp. 267-...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/10586 2023-12-31T10:19:25+01:00 barrens n 1987/11/20 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10586 eng eng B 1983 SOUTH (ed) 267 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 2664 B_2664_barrens n pl http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10586 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1987 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:35Z barrens n pl The two million hectares of heath in this region is the largest tract of such vegetation on the North American continent south of the taiga zone. Newfoundlanders have traditionally referred to this vast nonforested landscape as 'barrens'. [This scientist then goes on, pp. 267-270, to distinguish these 'heathlands' under six categories. DNE barrens entry is one of our best. We might scan the long entries to see if any of this info is usable. I suspect that it is more useful for _discussing_ the ambit of lexicography than for defining, but one never knows!] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G. M. Story WK NOV. 20 1987 Used I Used I Not used Card says DNE Sup, but head word only appears in DNE I. Manuscript Newfoundland taiga Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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barrens n pl The two million hectares of heath in this region is the largest tract of such vegetation on the North American continent south of the taiga zone. Newfoundlanders have traditionally referred to this vast nonforested landscape as 'barrens'. [This scientist then goes on, pp. 267-270, to distinguish these 'heathlands' under six categories. DNE barrens entry is one of our best. We might scan the long entries to see if any of this info is usable. I suspect that it is more useful for _discussing_ the ambit of lexicography than for defining, but one never knows!] PRINTED ITEM DNE Sup G. M. Story WK NOV. 20 1987 Used I Used I Not used Card says DNE Sup, but head word only appears in DNE I. |
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B 1983 SOUTH (ed) 267 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 2664 B_2664_barrens n pl http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/10586 |
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