How we talk [electronic resource] : American regional English today
Metcalf, Allan A.2012
Book
Abstract: In short, delightful essays, Metcalf explicates the key features that make American speech so expressive and distinct. He begins in the South, home of the most easily recognized of American dialects, travels north to New England, then on to the Midwest, the far West, and even to Alaska and Hawaii. It's all here, the northern Midwest "Fargo" accent, Louisiana Cajun and New Orleans Yat, dropped R's as in Boston's "Hahvahd Yahd," and intrusive R's as in "Warshington," especially common in America's midlands. With additional chapters on ethnic dialects and dialects in the movies, Metcalf reveals the resplendence of one of our nation's greatest natural resources - its endless and varied talk.
Main title:
How we talk [electronic resource] : American regional English today / Allan Metcalf.
Imprint:
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin, c2000 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)
Collation:
1 online resource (197 entries) : 1 image, digital files.
Notes:
Description based on title page of print version.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Linking notes:
Print version: xvi, 206 p. : ill., maps
Contents:
The South -- The Upper South or South Midlands -- The North -- New England -- New York City and the Mid-Atlantic -- The Inland North -- The West -- The Mountain West -- The Far West and Beyond -- American Ethnic -- In the Movies -- Dialects 2100.
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781849722018 (online)0618043632 (cloth)0618043624 (paper)
Dewey class:
427.0973
LC class:
PE2808.8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
502711
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