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community life4
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english language - dialects4
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Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)7
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)7

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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 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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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 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 Response Books and Related Papers

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

1931-1965

This series contains items which relate in the main to the collection of fieldwork data for the Survey of English Dialects (SED). The practical starting point for the SED was the production of the Die...

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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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