Somerset Response Books
Description
Response books, completed in ms. phonetic script, recording the answers of informants from Survey of English Dialects (SED) localities in Somerset to the Dieth-Orton Questionnaire. Responses were recorded by SED fieldworker John Wright at Weston, Blagdon, Wedmore, Coleford, Wootton Courtenay, Stogursey, Stogumber, Withypool, Brompton Regis, Stoke St. Gregory, Horsington, Pitminster and Merriott. The response book for Weston includes an ms. note regarding the page numbering. The response book for Blagdon includes an ms. note by Martyn Wakelin concerning the editorial procedure. The response book for Coleford contains responses to Questionnaire books IV to IX only. Each response book bears ms. editorial markings relating to the editing of the recorded responses for publication in the SED Southern Counties Basic Material volume. Response books for Somerset were edited by Henk Kysltra in 1959-1961, and by Martyn Wakelin in 1961-1962. The response books are retained in the numerical order assigned to SED localities, 31 So 1-13.
Metadata
| Identifier | gzw1j9by |
| IRN | 409627 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SED/2/2/31 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/gzw1j9by |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Questionnaire Response Books |
| Creator(s) | Wright, John T |
| Date | 1955-1956 |
| Size and Medium | 2 magazine files with 13 ms. response books. |