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<div class=Section1><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I am delighted with the response from many of you to my earlier<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>request</span></font></span> for authors for entries to the section on Language in the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>forthcoming</span></font></span> Encyclopedia of the <st1:place>Midwest</st1:place> (www.allmidwest.org). The<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Encyclopedia, organized by scholars at </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Ohio</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, will be published<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>by</span></font></span> IU Press. The language section will contain the follow entries (#<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of</span></font></span> words given in parentheses):<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE </span></font><st1:place>MIDWEST</st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>CONTENTS:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>LANGUAGE<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Overview (3000): Dennis R. Preston<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Varieties of English:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Pronunciation of English in the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place> (2000): Charles <span
class=SpellE>Boberg</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Dialect Vocabulary of the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place> (2000): Luanne von <span
class=SpellE>Schneidemesser</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Dialect Grammar of the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place> (2000): Timothy Frazer<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Language and Society in the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place>: English and Gender, Social Class,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Profession, Ethnicity, and the Rural/Urban Division (2000):<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Michael Linn<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>African American Language in the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place>: The Structure of the<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Language (1000): Walter Edwards<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>African American Language in the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place>: Ways of Talking (1000):<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Geneva</st1:place></st1:City> <span
class=SpellE>Smitherman</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Midwestern Tales: Language Practices and Norms in English Storytelling<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span><span class=GramE>of</span> the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place> (2000): Barbara <span
class=SpellE>Johnstone</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Slang, Metaphor, and Turns of Phrase in Midwestern English (2000):<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Thomas Murray<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Personal, Geographical, and Institutional Names of the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>(2000): Edward <span class=SpellE>Callary</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Native American Languages:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The History and Current Status of Native American Languages of the<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place> (2000): John Nichols<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Algonquian (1000) AUTHOR BEING SOUGHT<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Iroquoian (1000) AUTHOR BEING SOUGHT<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Siouan (1000) AUTHOR BEING SOUGHT<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dakota (500) AUTHOR BEING SOUGHT<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ojibway</span></font></span> (500) AUTHOR BEING SOUGHT<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Winnebago (500) AUTHOR BEING SOUGHT<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Other Languages:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Bilingualism and Language Contact in the </span></font><st1:place>Midwest</st1:place> (2000): Donald Lance<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>European<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Finno-Ugric:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Finnish (and other Finno-Ugric languages of the area, e.g., Estonian)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>(500): <span class=SpellE>Pekka</span> <span
class=SpellE>Hirvonen</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hungarian (500): <span
class=SpellE>Miklos</span> <span class=SpellE>Kontra</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Slavic:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Balto-Salvic</span></font></span> Languages (500): David Robinson<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>East Slavic <span
class=GramE>Languages<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(</span>500): Daniel Collins<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>South Slavic Languages (500): Brian Joseph<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Polish, Czech, and Slovak (1000): <span
class=SpellE>Bartek</span> <span class=SpellE>Plichta</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Romance:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>French (500): Roger <span
class=SpellE>Shuy</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Italian (1000): Thomas D. Cravens<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Mexican Spanish (1000): Holly <span
class=SpellE>Cashman</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Puerto Rican Spanish and Other Caribbean Varieties (e.g., Cuban,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>Dominican) (500): Michelle Ramos-<span
class=SpellE>Pellicia</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Other Varieties of Spanish (500): Miguel Rodriguez-<span
class=SpellE>Mondonedo</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Portuguese (500): Ana Maria <span
class=SpellE>Carvalho</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Other Romance languages (500): Miguel Rodriguez-<span
class=SpellE>Mondonedo</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Greek (500): <span
class=SpellE>Panayiotis</span> Pappas<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Germanic:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dutch (500): <span
class=SpellE>Jaap</span> Van <span class=SpellE>Marle</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Immigrant <span
class=GramE>German<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(</span>1000): Joseph Salmons<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Religious Immigrant German (1000): Steven Hartman Keiser<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Yiddish (500): Neil Jacobs<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Norwegian (1000): <span
class=SpellE>Armstein</span> <span class=SpellE>Hjelde</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Swedish (500): <span
class=SpellE>Staffan</span> <span class=SpellE>Klintborg</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>*Danish (500): <span
class=SpellE>Britta</span> Jensen (<a
href="mailto:britta.jensen@st-cross.oxford.ac.uk">britta.jensen@st-cross.oxford.ac.uk</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>African, Middle Eastern, Asian, and </span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Pacifica</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Horn of </span></font><st1:place>Africa</st1:place> (500): Peter J. <span
class=SpellE>Unseth</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sub-Saharan </span></font><st1:place>Africa</st1:place> (500): <span
class=SpellE>Deogratias</span> <span class=SpellE>Ngonyani</span><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Pidgin and Creole Varieties (500): Tom Donahue<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Arabic (1000): <span
class=SpellE>Aleya</span> <span class=SpellE>Rouchdy</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Armenian (500): John <span
class=SpellE>Greppin</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chinese (500): Ashley Williams<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Korean (500): <span
class=SpellE>Hikyoung</span> Lee<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Southeast Asia</span></font></st1:place> (500): Martha Ratliff<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>South Asia</span></font></st1:place> (500): Beth Lee Simon<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Pacifica</span></font></st1:place></st1:City> (500): Jason Roberts<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Other<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Romany (500): William <span
class=SpellE>Duna</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>American Sign Language (500): Charles <span
class=SpellE>Gramly</span> and Christine <span class=SpellE>Evenson</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As a result of the publicity from my earlier request, however, I am<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>encouraged</span></font></span> to make an additional effort in the area of Native American<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>languages</span></font></span>. As the above outline shows, John Nichols, of the University<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>of</span></font></span> <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota</st1:place></st1:State>, will write a general entry (historical, typological,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>current</span></font></span> status) on languages of the area, but the general editors have<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>agreed</span></font></span> to six more entries, and I encourage any of you who feel<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>qualified</span></font></span> to write one of these short entries on the historical<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>background</span></font></span> and current status of the following groups or specific<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>languages</span></font></span> to get in touch with me at <a
href="mailto:preston@msu.edu">preston@msu.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Algonquian<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>1000 words<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Iroquoian<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>1000 words<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Siouan<span
style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>1000 words<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dakota<span
style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>500 words<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=SpellE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Ojibway</span></font></span><span
style='mso-tab-count:2'> </span>500 words<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Winnebago<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>500 words<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dennis R. Preston<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Professor of Linguistics<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Department of Linguistics and Languages<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>740 Wells Hall A<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Michigan</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>East Lansing</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State>MI</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode>48824-1027</st1:PostalCode> <st1:country-region>USA</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Office - (517) 353-0740<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Fax - (517) 432-2736<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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