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Contemporary English speech : (a lecture delivered before the English Seminar of Berlin University on January 29th, 1939)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1939]

Reprinted from the Proceedings of the University of Durham Philosophical Society, vol. X, part 3.

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Oxford University Summer School

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1971-1972

Correspondence and hand-outs relating to Harold Orton's two lectures on the English Dialect Survey, given as part of a Summer School at Oxford University.

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A questionnaire for a linguistic atlas of England

Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956); Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. Literary and Historical Section

1952

"Reprint, with separate pagination, of Part IX of Vol. VI, Literary & Historical Section, Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society"--title-page.

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A questionnaire for a linguistic atlas of England

Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956); Orton, Harold (1898-1975); Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. Literary and Historical Section

1952

"Reprint, with separate pagination, of Part IX of Vol. VI, Literary & Historical Section, Proceedings of the Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society"--title-page.

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The phonology of a south Durham dialect : descriptive, historical, and comparative

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1933

"The living regional dialect dealt with... is that spoken at Byers Green, Co. Durham, and in the immediate neighbourhood."--p.xiii.

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Reviews (Academic)

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1952-1971

Offprint and photocopied reviews of 'A Questionnaire for a Linguistic Atlas of England', the SED Basic Material volumes ( Introduction and Volume 1, parts 1-3) and British and American dialect atlases...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

James Shipway, recorded in Avebury; talks about thatching; the loss of tradespeople in the village; reference to the renovation of a barn in the village [by the National Trust, now the Great Barn]; tr...

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Sound Recordings, Wiltshire

Wright, John T; Kylstra, Henk E; Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1960

Mr. Hitchcock, recorded in Netheravon; talks about his parents; Ernest Kent; the pronunciation of the words gate and post [Orton questions]; ploughing; the pronunciation of the word horses; Orton ques...

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Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies Staff

[Early 1970s]

Harold Orton (back left) and members of staff standing outside the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies building. The building is now one of the houses which forms part of the modern School of E...

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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference
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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference

Studio Jaanus Limited

31 October 1962

Stanley Ellis demonstrating a field recording at the press conference arranged on the publication of the first of the Survey of English Dialects (SED) Basic Material volumes (The Northern Counties, Pa...

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The phonology of a south Durham dialect : descriptive, historical, and comparative

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

1933

"The living regional dialect dealt with... is that spoken at Byers Green, Co. Durham, and in the immediate neighbourhood."--p.xiii.

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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference
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Survey of English Dialects Press Conference

Studio Jaanus Limited

31 October 1962

(From left to right) Wilfrid J. Halliday, Martin Arnold (of E. J. Arnold and Son Limited), Harold Orton and Stanley Ellis, at the press conference arranged for the publication of the first of the Surv...

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