Queries for the List

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/24/2011 10:09 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>He also is seeking help in identifying a paper he saw about the
>>speech of Martha's Vineyard, a paper that examined how homeowners on
>>that island spoke differently when talking to visitors who did not
>>own a home there.  Does anyone know of such a paper?
>
>This may be something mentioned by Labov in his work on Martha's
>Vineyard. This is one discussion of the relevant material:
>http://coral2.spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de/~ttrippel//labov/node5.html

And of course there is a historic black community on Martha's Vineyard.

Joel

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