The Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects (SAWD) was commenced in 1968 under the direction of David Parry of

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. The aim was to record the "conservative forms" of

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spoken in rural locations in Wales. The methodology was based on that used in the

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carried out between 1950 and 1961. The survey analysed pronunciation, lexis,

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and syntax based on interviews with respondents in ninety locations, who were to be over sixty years of age. The results of the survey for south-east and south-west Wales were published as two volumes in 1977 and 1979. To these a companion volume on north Wales was added in 1991 A second (urban) phase (SAWD II) covering four towns in different parts of Wales was started by Robert Penhallurick in 1986. The towns chosen were

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and the Grangetown area of Cardiff. Robert Penhallurick (currently of the

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) is now the custodian of the SAWD Archive. A similar survey on dialects in the South Wales valleys was later carried out by the South Wales Miners Library.Rod Walters, University of Glamorgan, ''The phonology of Rhondda Valleys English''
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