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BL
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| Record Number
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700646
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b522835
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| Title & Author
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"Heartland" English : : variation and transition in the American Midwest /\ edited by Timothy C. Frazer
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| Publication Statement
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, c1993
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xi, 310 p. :: ill., maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0817306757 (alk. paper)
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| Notes
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"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."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-301) and index
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| Contents
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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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| Subject
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Americanisms-- Middle West
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English language-- Variation-- Middle West
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| Dewey Classification
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427/.977
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| LC Classification
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PE2932.H43 1993
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| Added Entry
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Frazer, Timothy C
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