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You might leave in some of the terms with >o words and ask them to add
information they get in their interviews on these >o words and have them
speculate about what might be in the next volume of DARE. I assume
you'll ask the students to get other (quasi-)synonyms in their interviews.
<p>DMLance
<p>Greg Pulliam wrote:
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Several
people have asked, so I'm writing to pass along my planned project assignment
for my summer students. The class: "The American English Language."
A sort of hybrid of History of the English Language and American Dialects.
It runs 8 weeks--3 hours/day, 2 days/week. We have spent June with
Barber's _The English Language: A Historical Introduction_. We will
spend July with Wolfram and Schilling-Estes' _American English_.
It's a junior-level class, but of course has sophomores and seniors in
it, too. About half the class is American and half international. The
project: From a list of DARE pairs, students choose a pair, then
use DARE and its very helpful website to write up a 3-4 page overview of
the terms and the people who use them. Next, find the survey question/s
used to elicit these terms, and ask a specific number of people (what do
you ADSers think--5? 10? 15?) the same question. Record
demographic, ethnic and geographical (like where they were born/raised/etc.)
information for these respondents as well as their answers to the question.
Write up a 3-4 page account of your findings. Thanks to Don Lance
for helping me figure this out. I'm also open to any suggestions
folks might have, especially if you have done something like this yourself
and know where the pitfalls are. Here is the tentative list of "pairs"
I am working with--I appreciate all contributions. Remember, all
pair members must begin with the letters A-O. I'm aware of pairs
such as couch/davenport, but since there's another major term in that trio--sofa--that
we can't access yet, I'm not going to include it. I'm considering
removing the hoagie group for this reason--sub and po'boy can't come into
the picture yet. I have 11 students, so I think this list will suffice,
but feel free to comment on these or suggest others. Again, thanks
to all who contributed! <font color="#000000">1. firefly/lightning
bug</font><font color="#000000">2. lunch/dinner</font><font color="#000000">3.
hoagie/hero/grinder</font><font color="#000000">4. eaves/gutter</font><font color="#000000">5.
bureau/dresser</font><font color="#000000">6. burlap bag/gunny sack/croker
sack</font><font color="#000000">7. green pepper/bell pepper/mango</font><font color="#000000">8.
daddy longlegs/granddaddy longlegs</font><font color="#000000">9. dirt
dauber/mud dauber/mud wasp</font><font color="#000000">10. beetle/june
bug</font><font color="#000000">11. footstool/hassock/ottoman</font><font color="#000000">12.
crawfish/crawdad/crayfish</font><font color="#000000">13. casserole/hot
dish/covered dish</font><font color="#000000">14. flat screwdriver/flat-head
screwdriver</font><font color="#000000">15. adjustable wrench/monkey wrench</font><font color="#000000">16.
credenza/bookcase</font><font color="#000000">17. brush hook/Kaiser blade</font><font color="#000000">18.
creek/crick</font><font color="#000000">19. egg cream/frappe/milkshake/malted,
etc.</font><font color="#000000">20. monkey bars/jungle gym</font><font color="#000000">21.
(grocery) cart/buggy</font><font color="#000000">22. andiron/firedog</font><font color="#000000">23.
dragon fly/darning needle/mosquito hawk</font><font color="#000000">24.
frosting/icing</font>
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<br>-
<br>Greg
<p>greg@pulliam.org
<br><A HREF="http://www.pulliam.org">http://www.pulliam.org</A></blockquote>
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