a-prefixing

[Sonja L Launspach]

I'm teaching a class on American Dialect this semester and I was wondering
what the current thinking on a-prefixing in Appalachain English is? Is it
no long used? Is it considering a dying form? Is there any evidence of
younger people using the form? Is it found in any  other dialect areas?

Thanks for any help you can give me on this. I have some articles in it
but I haven't found anything recent.

Sonja Launspach

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Sonja Launspach
Assistant Professor Linguistics
Dept.of English & Philosophy
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209
208-282-2478
fax:208-282-4472
email: sllauns at isu.edu