ND Dialect

[Patti J. Kurtz]

Thanks, Dennis-- looks like I won't have to sit on the library steps
after all-- they have it.  : )

Patti

preston at MSU.EDU wrote:

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>Poster:       "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
>Subject:      Re: ND Dialect
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>>North Dakota speech was well-studied by Harold Allen of the Univ. of
>>Minnesota. Go to your library and get the three-volume Linguistic
>>Atlas of the Upper Midwest (LAUM), U. of Minn. Press 1973-76. If
>>your library doesn't have this basic material on local speech, sit
>>on the steps until they order it.
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>>I'm beginning a research project on the dialect of North Dakota
>>(specifically I'm looking at its influence on student writing)
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>>I'm not asking anyone to do a search for me.  Just can you give me other
>>terms I might use in the search besides "North dakota dialect" which
>>isn't turning up much?  Is it part of the North central dialect area?
>>What other search terms might be helpful?
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>>Thanks!
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>>Patti Kurtz
>>--
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>>Dr. Patti J. Kurtz
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>>Assistant Professor, English
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>>Director of the Writing Center
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>>Minot State University
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>>Minot, ND 58707
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>>Foster: What about our evidence? They've got to take notice of that.
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>>Straker: Evidence. What's it going to look like when Henderson claims
>>that we manufactured it, just to get a space clearance program?
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>>Foster: But we are RIGHT!
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>>Straker: Sometimes, Colonel, that's not quite enough.
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>Dennis R. Preston
>University Distinguished Professor
>Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic,
>        Asian and African Languages
>Wells Hall A-740
>Michigan State University
>East Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA
>Office: (517) 353-0740
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Dr. Patti J. Kurtz

Assistant Professor, English

Director of the Writing Center

Minot State University

Minot, ND 58707



Foster: What about our evidence? They've got to take notice of that.



Straker: Evidence. What's it going to look like when Henderson claims
that we manufactured it, just to get a space clearance program?



Foster: But we are RIGHT!



Straker: Sometimes, Colonel, that's not quite enough.