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"Heartland" English :

"Heartland" English : variation and transition in the American Midwest / edited by Timothy C. Frazer. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, �1993. - 1 online resource (xi, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps - Centennial series of the American Dialect Society . - Centennial series of the American Dialect Society. .

"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."

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

Problems in Midwest English : introduction and overview / Two heartland perceptions of language variety / On inland northern and the factors for dialect spread and shift / The language of Yankee cultural imperialism : pioneer ideology and "general American" / Black English and Standard English in Chicago / Linguistic controversies, VBE structures, and Midwest attitudes / Farmer City, Illinois : sound systems shifting south / The language of St. Louis, Missouri : dialect mixture in the urban Midwest / Sound change and gender in a working-class community / Yankee words in Chicago Black speech / Positive anymore in the Midwest / Some dialect features in the speech of Missouri Germans / Regional speech variation in Wisconsin / "Kentuck" English in Wisconsin's Cutover region / Elements of Midwestern speech in Oklahoma / Regional variation in Missouri / The use of all the + comparative structure / Timothy C. Frazer -- Dennis R. Preston -- Thomas S. Donahue -- Timothy C. Frazer -- Andrew Sledd -- Timothy J. Riney -- Timothy Habick -- Thomas E. Murray -- Robin Herndobler -- Michael I. Miller -- Thomas E. Murray -- Donald M. Lance -- Craig M. Carver -- Donald Larmouth and Marjorie Remsing -- Bruce Southard -- Rachel B. Faries and Donald M. Lance -- Erik R. Thomas.

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English language--Variation--Middle West.
English language--Middle West.
Americanisms--Middle West.
Anglais (Langue)--Variation--Midwest (�Etats-Unis)
Anglais (Langue)--Idiotismes--Midwest (�Etats-Unis)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
English language--Variation--Middle West.
Americanisms--Middle West.
Americanisms.
English language.
English language--Variation.
Language and languages.
Sprachvariante
Amerikaans.
Dialecten.
English Language.
English.
Languages & Literatures.


Middle West--Languages.
Middle West.
Mittlerer Westen
Amerikanisches Englisch.

English language Dialects United States


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