Harold Orton (October 23, 1898 -- March 7, 1975) was an English university lecturer and dialectologist, best remembered as co-founder of the Survey of English Dialects (SED). Orton developed the questionnaire for the survey together with Eugen Dieth. His pupil David Parry went on to apply the same principles used for the SED to Welsh English, founding the Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects (SAWD) at Swansea University in 1968.
Harold Orton (October 23, 1898 -- March 7, 1975) was an English university lecturer and dialectologist, best remembered as co-founder of the Survey of English Dialects (SED).
nsubj
Number=Sing
Harold
Harold
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flat
Number=Sing
Orton
Orton
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-LRB-
compound
Number=Sing
October
October
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nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
23
23
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CD
punct
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,
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1898
1898
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compound
Number=Sing
March
March
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nmod
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7
7
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punct
,
,
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,
nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1975
1975
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-RRB-
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
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VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
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DT
amod
Degree=Pos
English
English
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
university
university
NOUN
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root
Number=Sing
lecturer
lecturer
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
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conj
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dialectologist
dialectologist
NOUN
NN
punct
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advmod
Degree=Sup
well
best
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remember
remembered
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case
as
as
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obl
Number=Sing
co-founder
co-founder
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
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IN
det
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the
the
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nmod
Number=Sing
Survey
Survey
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NNP
case
of
of
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IN
amod
Degree=Pos|Number=Sing
English
English
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NNP
nmod
Number=Plur
Dialects
Dialects
PROPN
NNPS
punct
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-LRB-
appos
Number=Sing
SED
SED
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
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-RRB-
punct
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.
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Orton developed the questionnaire for the survey together with Eugen Dieth.
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Number=Sing
Orton
Orton
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root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
develop
developed
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the
the
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obj
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questionnaire
questionnaire
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
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IN
det
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the
the
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DT
nmod
Number=Sing
survey
survey
NOUN
NN
advmod
together
together
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RB
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Eugen
Eugen
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Dieth
Dieth
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NNP
punct
.
.
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.
His pupil David Parry went on to apply the same principles used for the SED to Welsh English, founding the Survey of Anglo-Welsh Dialects (SAWD) at Swansea University in 1968.
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
His
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pupil
pupil
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
David
David
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NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Parry
Parry
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NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
go
went
VERB
VBD
advmod
on
on
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RB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
apply
apply
VERB
VB
det
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the
the
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DT
amod
Degree=Pos
same
same
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Plur
principle
principles
NOUN
NNS
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
use
used
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VBN
case
for
for
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IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
obl
Number=Sing
SED
SED
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
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IN
amod
Degree=Pos
welsh
Welsh
ADJ
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
English
English
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
found
founding
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VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
obj
Number=Sing
Survey
Survey
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
anglo
Anglo
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NNP
punct
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-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Degree=Pos
welsh
Welsh
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Plur
Dialects
Dialects
PROPN
NNPS
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Number=Sing
SAWD
SAWD
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
case
at
at
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Swansea
Swansea
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NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
University
University
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case
in
in
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IN
obl
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1968
1968
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punct
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.
PUNCT
.