18.2038, Qs: 19th Century Dialects of Western Massachusetts

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Subject: 18.2038, Qs: 19th Century Dialects of Western Massachusetts

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Date: 03-Jul-2007
From: Julie Roberts < Julie.Roberts at uvm.edu >
Subject: 19th Century Dialects of Western Massachusetts

 

	
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Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:46:05
From: Julie Roberts < Julie.Roberts at uvm.edu >
Subject: 19th Century Dialects of Western Massachusetts 
 


A student and I are working on an intriguing side project and could use
some help, if possible.  We are trying to put together a list of possible
features of the dialect of Emily Dickinson (19th century western
Massachusetts/Amherst).  We are looking at the LANE maps & tapes, but, of
course those are almost exactly one century later.  Any ideas would be
greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance. 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics





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