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DeBlois, Albert D.

Micmac lexicon / Albert D. DeBlois, Alphonse Metallic.  Ottawa : National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1984. xvii, 392 pages ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 D287

Includes abstract in French. Includes some text in Micmac.

Metallic, Alphonse.

Canadian Ethnology Service
National Museum of Man (Canada)

Mi'kmaq language — Dictionaries — English.

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Delisle, Gilles L.

Micmac teaching grammar : preliminary version / Gilles L. Delisle and Emmanuel L. Metallic ; art work by Georgette O'Bomsawin.  Ecowi, Que. : Thunderbird Press, 1976. xii, 571 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PM231 L755 D354

Macmillan, J.

Miller's Swinton's language lessons : an elementary grammar and composition / by J. Macmillan.  8th rev. ed. Toronto : W.J. Gage & Co., 1881. p.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTSw6

Adapted to the requirements of the public schools. Cf. NUC pe-1956 imprints, v. 353, pages 192.

Swinton, William, 1833-1892.

W.J. Gage and Company.

English language — Grammar
English language — Grammar — Juvenile literature
English language — Examinations, questions, etc.

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Cannon, Alan

Modified syllabus for using our language, grades 7-9 / prepared for the High School English Committee by Alan Cannon.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Department of Education, Curriculum and Research Section, 1966. 10 l. ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LB1631 C226

English language — Study and teaching (Secondary)

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Nova Scotia. Curriculum Division

Notes and suggestions for teachers of high school English Halifax : N. S. Department of Education, 1969. 59 pages: illustrations; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LB1631 N935 N911

English language — Study and teaching

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Patterson, George

Notes of the dialect of the people of Newfoundland U.S.A. : Journal of American Folklore, 189-. 18 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BT10 M33 v.1

Bound in a collection of pamphlets.

English language — Dialects — Newfoundland

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Public school speller.  Toronto : Copp, Clark, 1914. iv, 227 pages; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTSp3 P976

Authorized for use in the schools of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. For use in grades 3-9.

English language — Orthography and spellers

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Rand, Silas Tertius

Rand's Micmac dictionary : from phonographic word-lists prepared by Rev. Silas T. Rand, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L / transcribed and alphabetically arranged, with a grammar and list of place-names by Jeremiah S. Clark.  Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Patriot Pub. Co., 1902. xxxiii, 192 pages ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F17 R15

Clark's edition of the manuscript Dictionary left unfinished by Rand at the time of his death--Masinahikan. A companion volume to Rand's English-Micmac vocabulary. Published by direction of the Canadian government Also includes 'Micmac place-names in the Maritime provinces of Canada,' with its own title-page but continuous collation and pagination--Masinahikan.

Clark, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Simpson), 1872-1950.

Mi'kmaq language — Dictionaries — English
Mi'kmaq language — Grammar
Mi'kmaq — Names
Names, Geographical — Canada.

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Sweet, Henry

Second Middle English Primer: extracts from Chaucer, with grammar and glossary / by Henry Sweet.  2nd ed. rev. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1905. vi, 115 pages ; 17 cm. x 12 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTEn3 SW8

English language — Study and teaching

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Rycraft, Ann

Sixteenth and seventeenth century handwriting / compiled by Ann Rycraft.  3rd ed. York : University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, 1972. 1 v. (loose-leaf) : illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z43 A3 R991 #1

Paleography, English
English language — Writing

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Rycraft, Ann

Sixteenth and seventeenth century handwriting / compiled by Ann Rycraft.  3rd ed. York : University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, 1972. 1 v. (loose-leaf) : illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z43 A3 R991 #2

Paleography, English
English language — Writing

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Stevenson, Ann

Starting points in language / author, Ann Stevenson ; consultants, Carl Braun, Allan Neilsen.  Rev. / revision author, Elma Schemenauer. Scarborough, ON. : Ginn, 1980. 286 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LB1629.5 C3 S796 M821

Schemenauer, Elma.

English language — Composition and exercises.

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Power, W. K.

Technical textbooks: practical English Nova Scotia : Department of Technical Education, 1908-. iv, 104, 17

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTEN3 P887

18 pages of Glossary of Mining Terms at end of this work.

English language
Textbooks

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Cody, Sherwin

The art of writing and speaking the English language: Dictionary of Errors Literary digest ed. Chicago : Old Greek Press, 1905. 136 pages: 14 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTEn3 C6

English language — Study and teaching

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Cody, Sherwin

The art of writing and speaking the English language: Grammar and punctuation Litary digest ed., rev. Chicago : Old Greek Press, 1903. 127 pages 14 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTG76 C6

English language — Grammar

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The Confederation of Tomorrow Conference : proceedings Toronto : Advisory Committee on Confederation, 1968. xi, 233, 22 pages ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JL27 C63 1967

Wilson, Harry Rex

The dialect of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia : a study of the English of the county, with reference to its sources, preservation of relics, and vestiges of bilingualism / by H. Rex Wilson.  Michigan : University of Michigan, 1958. viii, 179 pages : maps ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F106 L97 W69

Bromley, Walter

The English grammar made easy, by being reduced to the form of a catechism, for the mutual instruction of youth, either on the old or new system of education / Walter Bromley.  Halifax : Printed at the Royal Acadian School, 1822. 103 pages ; 15 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK LTG76 B78 - Akins

Royal Acadian School.

English language — Grammar

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The English language in Nova Scotia : essays on past and present developments in English across the province / Lilian Falk & Margaret Harry.  Lockeport : Roseway, 1998. viii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PE3241 A1 E53 1998

Pattison, Thomas

The Gaelic bards, and original poems / by Thomas Pattison. Ed., with biographical sketch and notes, by the Rev. John George Macneill .  2nd ed. Glasgow, A. Sinclair, 1890. xxviii, 278 pages : front. (port.) ; 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PB1695 P321

Faucett, Lawrence

The Oxford English course / by Lawrence Faucett.  Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1940. 48 pages, illustrations; 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.118 #17 - Vertical File

English language — Study and teaching

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Lennie, William

The principles of English grammar : comprising the substance of all the most approved English grammars extant, briefly defined and neatly arranged : with copious exercises in parsing and syntax New ed. Edinburgh : Halifax Nova Scotia : ; MacKinlay, 1855. 178 pages ; 15 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTG76 L54 1906

Reference: NUC pre-1956 imprints, v. 326, pages 461.

A. & W. MacKinlay (Firm)

English language — Grammar — 1800-1869.

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Poteet, Lewis J.

The South Shore phrase book / compiled by Lewis J. Poteet.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1983. 72 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.261 #7 - Vertical File

Words and phrases from the coastal villages between St. Margaret's Bay, near Halifax, and Woods Harbour, near Yarmouth, the South Shore of Nova Scotia

English language — Dialects — Nova Scotia — Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
English language — Provincialisms
Nova Scotia — Social life and customs.

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Sullivan, Robert

The spelling-book superseded, or, A new and easy method of teaching the spelling, meaning, pronunciation, and etymology of all difficult words in the English language : with exercises on verbal distinctions / by Robert Sullivan.  New ed. Halifax : A. & W. MacKinlay, 1871. 252 pages ; 15 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTSp3 Su5 1871

English language — Orthography and spelling
English language — Homonyms.

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Schneider, Ruth Morris

The wolf's last cry / Ruth Morris Schneider.  New York : McGraw-Hill, 1984. vii, 56 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.297 #2 - Vertical File

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