This part of the DECTE site provides an interactive interface for viewing orthographic transcriptions of the corpus interviews in conjunction with the corresponding time-aligned audio.
You can select an interview to read and listen to from the Interview Index.
Alternatively, you can search for informants from particular
periods or
with specific background characteristics using the
Informant Filter Table.
The Diachronic Electronic Corpus of Tyneside English: Research Website | The Talk of the Toon
Image Credits (left to right): Hexham Abbey, Northumberland (ozimanndias8 2010, CC BY 2.0) | King Coal by David Kemp, Pelton Fell, County Durham (she_who_must 2007, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) | Men of Steel by Graeme Hopper, Sunderland (cauld lad 2013, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | Siren by Andre Wallace, Newcastle (Mick Gallagher 2012, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) | Sinterlation by Ian Randall, Redcar (Cass Castagnoli 2013, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) | The Family by Gordon Young, Gateshead (Nuala 2007, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).