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culture5
english language - dialects5
community life4
education4
archive administration2
folklore1

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Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)6
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)6

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Dieth-Orton Questionnaire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1931-1953

This subseries consists of items relating to the compilation and testing of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire, which forms the basis of the fieldwork for the SED. The subseries includes drafts of the Ques...

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Questionnaire Version 1

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1946-1947

This sub-subseries includes typescript drafts of version 1 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire; correspondence with the Yorkshire Dialect Society; an ms. notebook and fieldwork response books belonging t...

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Questionnaire Version 2

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1948-1949

This sub-subseries includes typescript drafts of version 2 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire; and ms. fieldwork response books, completed by H. Collins, Harold Orton, and Peter Wright, recording the te...

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Questionnaire Version 3

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1949-1950

This sub-subseries includes typescript papers on the progress of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire and Survey of English Dialects (SED) plans; typescript drafts of version 3 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnai...

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Questionnaire Version 4

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1950-1951

This sub-subseries consists of typescript drafts of version 4 of the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. These drafts were used in the testing of this version of the Questionnaire.

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Published Versions of the Questionnaire

Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)

1952-1953

This sub-subseries includes ms. fieldwork response books completed by Harold Orton, recording the testing of version [5] of the Questionnaire in locations in Essex and Shropshire; the Dieth-Orton Ques...

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Other Questionnaires Consulted

1931-1949

This sub-subseries includes questionnaires, and related items, on language and folk culture from England, the Netherlands, Scotland, Switzerland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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