air

air n Very high frequency. The technical name for the 'recognizable melody which has a name.' Song has two parts -- words and music. The ballad writers here used air for the music. I don't see that the dictionaries capture this. One can write new words to an old air. WK. In the hymnal...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1989
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English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4221
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/4221 2023-12-31T10:19:30+01:00 air 1989/04/07 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4221 eng eng A References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13158 A_13158_air n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/4221 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 1989 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:28Z air n Very high frequency. The technical name for the 'recognizable melody which has a name.' Song has two parts -- words and music. The ballad writers here used air for the music. I don't see that the dictionaries capture this. One can write new words to an old air. WK. In the hymnal, what is the term for the "tune" of the famous hymns. That is the essence I am suggesting. handwritten] Fieldwork e.g.s include such forms as "Wait now till I gets the air" = tune AS DISTINCT from the _words._ Will watch out for this in tapes. Certainly attained in that in common usage where it would be "educated" elsewhere. JW tune DNE Sup G.M. Story APR. 7 1989 W.J. KIRWIN Withdraw? Reconsider with more egs. Used Sup Used Sup Not used Card marked DNE Sup, but not used.Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri Jul 25 2014 Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description air n Very high frequency. The technical name for the 'recognizable melody which has a name.' Song has two parts -- words and music. The ballad writers here used air for the music. I don't see that the dictionaries capture this. One can write new words to an old air. WK. In the hymnal, what is the term for the "tune" of the famous hymns. That is the essence I am suggesting. handwritten] Fieldwork e.g.s include such forms as "Wait now till I gets the air" = tune AS DISTINCT from the _words._ Will watch out for this in tapes. Certainly attained in that in common usage where it would be "educated" elsewhere. JW tune DNE Sup G.M. Story APR. 7 1989 W.J. KIRWIN Withdraw? Reconsider with more egs. Used Sup Used Sup Not used Card marked DNE Sup, but not used.Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri Jul 25 2014
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title_full air
title_fullStr air
title_full_unstemmed air
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Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
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References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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