by Preston
http://americanspeech.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/78/3/235.pdf
Preston wishes Labov, Ash and Boberg had surveyed people who live outside major cities.
He proposes that there IS a Midland, but it is very skinny and begins north of Indianapolis!
Showing posts with label midwest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label midwest. Show all posts
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
What is dialect?: Revisting the Midland
by Thomas E. Murray and Beth Lee Simon
in language variation and change in the American Midland
This is a wonderful summary of the Midland controversy. The authors propose that there IS a Midland on the basis of grammatical forms (because grammar is more resitant to change).
in language variation and change in the American Midland
This is a wonderful summary of the Midland controversy. The authors propose that there IS a Midland on the basis of grammatical forms (because grammar is more resitant to change).
The Speech of terre haute: a hoosier dialect study
by marvin dale carmony
thesis
p. xv "This study indicates, among other things, that 1 the vocabulary of Terre Haute is essentialy Midland, witha strong admixture of Northern and North Midland words, as well as a considerable proportion of Southern words; (2) the pronunciation of Terre Haute clearly reflects the city's settlement and cultural history, the prestige dialect of today stemming from the prestigiouis and dominat Yankee elemt of yesterday, while "inferior" speech is that containing tyhe most substantial number fo South Midland features; (3) the degree of both social stratification and racial segregation is considerable, judging form the number fo lexical, phonological, morphological and syntactic features with social and racial connotations."
thesis
p. xv "This study indicates, among other things, that 1 the vocabulary of Terre Haute is essentialy Midland, witha strong admixture of Northern and North Midland words, as well as a considerable proportion of Southern words; (2) the pronunciation of Terre Haute clearly reflects the city's settlement and cultural history, the prestige dialect of today stemming from the prestigiouis and dominat Yankee elemt of yesterday, while "inferior" speech is that containing tyhe most substantial number fo South Midland features; (3) the degree of both social stratification and racial segregation is considerable, judging form the number fo lexical, phonological, morphological and syntactic features with social and racial connotations."
Positive anymore in the midwest
by thomas e. murray
in "heartland" english
negative anymore is standard english, but some dialects also accept positive anymore. positive anymore has "little or no sociolinguistic significance". "various forms of positive anymore having unequal acceptance throughout the Midwest: all forms are evidently not considered equal in the mids of all users;..."
"continues to spread outward"
in "heartland" english
negative anymore is standard english, but some dialects also accept positive anymore. positive anymore has "little or no sociolinguistic significance". "various forms of positive anymore having unequal acceptance throughout the Midwest: all forms are evidently not considered equal in the mids of all users;..."
"continues to spread outward"
Linguistic COntroversies, VBE Structures, and Midwest Attitudes
by Timothy J. Riney
in heartland english
p 85 "...VBE and vernacular Midland share a lot of common grammatical structures."
p. 85-87 differences and similarities in Midland and VBE
Waterloo is 21% black
Subjects rated standard English, black accented Eng. with historical present, and VBE on an perceived intelligence scale.
Of course, VBE was associated with less intelligence, standard with highest intelligence, and black accent in the middle.
in heartland english
p 85 "...VBE and vernacular Midland share a lot of common grammatical structures."
p. 85-87 differences and similarities in Midland and VBE
Waterloo is 21% black
Subjects rated standard English, black accented Eng. with historical present, and VBE on an perceived intelligence scale.
Of course, VBE was associated with less intelligence, standard with highest intelligence, and black accent in the middle.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Language of Yankee Cultural Imperialism
frazer
in in "heartland" english: variation and transition in the american midwest
p 62 IN and IL experienced tension between the N and S over political power
p 63-64 New Englanders moved entire congregations together Their culture stressed accumulation of wealth
p64-65 "want out" in a novel a Yankee schoolmistress heard this expression for the first time
p. 65 Inland N. became dialect of Midwest cities
in in "heartland" english: variation and transition in the american midwest
p 62 IN and IL experienced tension between the N and S over political power
p 63-64 New Englanders moved entire congregations together Their culture stressed accumulation of wealth
p64-65 "want out" in a novel a Yankee schoolmistress heard this expression for the first time
p. 65 Inland N. became dialect of Midwest cities
"On Inland Northern and the Factors for Dialect Spread and Shift
donahue
in in "heartland" english: variation and transition in the american midwest
Inland Northern was once considered just a regional dialect, but is now conidered "basic and correct." "General American."
4 reasons for this:
p 52
1. industrial Great Lakes region increased in economic and social power
2. Webster's 2nd Intl Dictionary
3. NBC Pronouncing Dictionary
4. Mass media
p54 N. Inland is used by mass culture, the dialect used away form family
p56-57 people in the 30s went to movies and learned inland n. dialect. Like finishing school
p57-58 inland N. in decline and N Midland on the rise due to "collapse of the rust belt" and social factors
in in "heartland" english: variation and transition in the american midwest
Inland Northern was once considered just a regional dialect, but is now conidered "basic and correct." "General American."
4 reasons for this:
p 52
1. industrial Great Lakes region increased in economic and social power
2. Webster's 2nd Intl Dictionary
3. NBC Pronouncing Dictionary
4. Mass media
p54 N. Inland is used by mass culture, the dialect used away form family
p56-57 people in the 30s went to movies and learned inland n. dialect. Like finishing school
p57-58 inland N. in decline and N Midland on the rise due to "collapse of the rust belt" and social factors
Two Heartland Perceptions of language variety
by Preston
in in "heartland" english: variation and transition in the american midwest
Hoosierss have linguistic insecurity from their association with the South
p46-47 insecure areas such as IN perceive themselves as "exaggerated isolation"
in in "heartland" english: variation and transition in the american midwest
Hoosierss have linguistic insecurity from their association with the South
p46-47 insecure areas such as IN perceive themselves as "exaggerated isolation"
Problems in Midlwest English: Introduction and Overview
in "heartland" english: variation and transition in the american midwest
by Timothy C. Frazer
p2 Inland Northern sometimes mistaken as General American
p3-4 Northern-Midland boundary thru Indiana. Debate about where S. and N. boundaries are
p9 Terre Haute IN--a Hoosier apex but N regional vocab
p. 267 Where are the boundaries of the Midwest? North Central, according to Ling. Atlas
by Timothy C. Frazer
p2 Inland Northern sometimes mistaken as General American
p3-4 Northern-Midland boundary thru Indiana. Debate about where S. and N. boundaries are
p9 Terre Haute IN--a Hoosier apex but N regional vocab
p. 267 Where are the boundaries of the Midwest? North Central, according to Ling. Atlas
American Dialects: a manual for actors, directors and writers
by Lewis Herman and Marguerite Shalett Herman
p. 298 the Midwestern Dialect is spoken by most in IN.
p. 299 the dialect has musical notes, lilting, cogitation
This view is corroborated by the BBC site and by the Midwestern guy in American Tongues
p. 298 the Midwestern Dialect is spoken by most in IN.
p. 299 the dialect has musical notes, lilting, cogitation
This view is corroborated by the BBC site and by the Midwestern guy in American Tongues
Sunday, August 30, 2009
An Introduction to Midwest English
in American Voices
by Timothy C. Frazer 2006
The Midwest has many different accents; it is not homogenous Standard English. AAVE came up during the great migration, but there are differences in AAVE accents between north and south. SOutherners came to the Midwest and their descendants have a Southern accent and the perfective done.
Of Scots-Irish descent, people in Midwest with Southern accents will sometimes say "The baby wants fed" or "the car wants washed"
Low back vowel merger (dawn and Don are homophones) is observed in eastern Ohio.
The Northern dialect (elite and authoritative for dictionaries) is also spoken in the Midwest. This dialect is changing and undergoing a vowel shift: low central vowels are moving forward.
Upper Midwest will have "Canadian raising", syntactic changing ("I'm going Detroit. You want to go with?"), and words form recent SCandinavian migrations.
SPanish loanwords are on the rise in the Midwest.
by Timothy C. Frazer 2006
The Midwest has many different accents; it is not homogenous Standard English. AAVE came up during the great migration, but there are differences in AAVE accents between north and south. SOutherners came to the Midwest and their descendants have a Southern accent and the perfective done.
Of Scots-Irish descent, people in Midwest with Southern accents will sometimes say "The baby wants fed" or "the car wants washed"
Low back vowel merger (dawn and Don are homophones) is observed in eastern Ohio.
The Northern dialect (elite and authoritative for dictionaries) is also spoken in the Midwest. This dialect is changing and undergoing a vowel shift: low central vowels are moving forward.
Upper Midwest will have "Canadian raising", syntactic changing ("I'm going Detroit. You want to go with?"), and words form recent SCandinavian migrations.
SPanish loanwords are on the rise in the Midwest.
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