عنوان

"Heartland" English :

(Number (ISBN

0817306757 (alk. paper)

Number

b522835

Title Proper

"Heartland" English :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

variation and transition in the American Midwest /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Timothy C. Frazer

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Tuscaloosa :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Alabama Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c1993

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 310 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill., maps ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

"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."

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-301) and index

Text of Note

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

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Americanisms-- Middle West

English language-- Variation-- Middle West

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Frazer, Timothy C

Date of Transaction

19950815151243.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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