Language variation and change in the American midland : a new look at "heartland" English /

Language variation and change in the American midland : a new look at "heartland" English / edited by Thomas E. Murray, Beth Lee Simon. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2006. - 1 online resource (xii, 319 pages) : illustrations, maps - Varieties of English around the world. General series, v. G36 0172-7362 ; . - Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 36. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing the Midland: what is it, where is it, how do we know? / What is dialect? Revisiting the Midland / North American Midland as a dialect area / Evidence from Ohio on the evolution of /æ/ On the use of geographic names to inform regional language studies / On the eastern edge of the Heartland: two industrial city dialects / Final days of Appalachian Heritage Language / It'll kill ye or cure ye, one: the history and function of alternative one / Standardizing the Heartland / How to get to be one kind of Midwesterner: accommodation to the Northern Cities Chain Shift / Midland(s) dialect geography: social and demographic variables / Drawing out the /ai/: dialect boundaries and /ai/ variation / Learning Spanish in the north Georgia mountains / Midland above the Midland: dialect variation by region, sex, and social group in the linguistic atlas of the Upper Midwest / Portable community: the linguistic and psychological reality of Midwestern Pennsylvania German / English of the Swiss Amish of northeastern Indiana / Beth Simon -- Thomas E. Murray, Beth Lee Simon -- Sharon Ash -- Tracking the low back merger in Missouri / Matthew J. Gordon -- Erik R. Thomas -- Edward Callary -- Thomas S. Donahue -- Kirk Hazen -- Michael Montgomery -- Richard W. Bailey -- Betsy E. Evans [and others] -- Timothy Frazer -- Cynthia Bernstein -- Ellen Johnson, David Boyle -- Michael D. Linn, ronald Regal -- Steven Hartman Keiser -- Chad Thompson.

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English language--Variation--Middle West.
English language--Dialects--Middle West.
English language--Middle West.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--General.
English language.
English language--Dialects.
English language--Variation.
Language and languages.
Anglais (Langue)--Variation--Midwest (États-Unis)
Anglais (Langue)--Dialectes--Midwest (États-Unis)
Anglais (Langue)--Midwest (États-Unis)


Middle West--Languages.
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Midwest (États-Unis)--Langues.


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