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Heartland English : variation and transition in the American Midwest / edited by Timothy C. Frazer. [electronic resource]

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Frazer, Timothy C.
Series:
Centennial series of the American Dialect Society
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Americanisms--Middle West.
Americanisms.
English language--Variation--Middle West.
English language.
English language--Middle West.
Middle West--Languages.
Middle West.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 310 p. ) ill. ;
Place of Publication:
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1993.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Problems in Midwest English : introduction and overview / Timothy C. Frazer
Two heartland perceptions of language variety / Dennis R. Preston
On inland northern and the factors for dialect spread and shift / Thomas S. Donahue
The language of Yankee cultural imperialism : pioneer ideology and "general American" / Timothy C. Frazer
Black English and Standard English in Chicago / Andrew Sledd
Linguistic controversies, VBE structures, and Midwest attitudes / Timothy J. Riney
Farmer City, Illinois : sound systems shifting south / Timothy Habick
The language of St. Louis, Missouri : dialect mixture in the urban Midwest / Thomas E. Murray
Sound change and gender in a working-class community / Robin Herndobler
Yankee words in Chicago Black speech / Michael I. Miller
Positive anymore in the Midwest / Thomas E. Murray
Some dialect features in the speech of Missouri Germans / Donald M. Lance
Regional speech variation in Wisconsin / Craig M. Carver
"Kentuck" English in Wisconsin's Cutover region / Donald Larmouth and Marjorie Remsing
Elements of Midwestern speech in Oklahoma / Bruce Southard
Regional variation in Missouri / Rachel B. Faries and Donald M. Lance
The use of all the + comparative structure / Erik R. Thomas.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A publication in the Centennial Series of the American Dialect Society in celebration of the beginning of its second century of research into language variation in America."
ISBN:
0-585-17679-5

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