Sound Recording, Ontario, Canada
Description
[Collector announcement]; Harold Orton delivers the Dearness Memorial Lecture at the University of Western Ontario in London; introduction, including reference to John Dearness and the establishment of the lecture series in his name; Orton continues with talk of spelling reform in English (history, development of an orthographic system); the Survey of English Dialects (English Dialect Survey) - history, aims, the concept of a linguistic atlas; Alexander Ellis' dialect survey; shows slides to illustrate the mapping of notions; choosing SED informants; method of investigation; the Questionnaire; fieldworkers; drafting and redrafting of the Questionnaire; the range and form of the questions; fieldworkers and the network of localities; fieldwork method; publication programme; shows slides to illustrate his talk of the Questionnaire; reference to Incidental Material; gives examples of grammar; discusses a page from a Questionnaire Response Book for a location in Norfolk; discusses a number of responses to Survey questions. Harold Orton continues to give examples of Survey responses; introduces a number of dialect sound recordings, and describes their content; plays the recordings; stresses the importance of continued English dialect investigations, and unscripted recordings.
Metadata
| Identifier | z9x7q8j8 |
| IRN | 414734 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A683r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/z9x7q8j8 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Wilson, H R |
| Date | 26 March 1965 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 65' 33". |