Boston Dialects

[Dennis R. Preston]

Patti,

Nope Boston is not too small; it's too big. I would read this first:

Language
(Journal of the Linguistics Society of America)
Volume 55
Number 3 (September 1979)
Ethnicity in phonological variation and change  Martha Laferriere       p. 603

This is a super article on ethnicity and phonology in Boston; since
it was done in 79, lots of room for updating. Good luck to you (and
your students of course).

dInIs


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>Thanks, Fritz!
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>(I'd like to see you dance in a pink tutu, BTW!)
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>Patti
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>On 3/28/07, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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>>  Patti,
>>  Personally, I'm not bothered by these emails at all--I welcome them;
>>  and I'd dance on the table in a pink tutu if it would help students out.
>>  I was just getting you ready for a replay of that ridiculous exchange
>>  that we had a few weeks ago.
>>  I don't know anything about Boston dialects, but for New England speech
>>  of days gone by, check out Anders Orbeck _Early New England
>>  Pronunciation_  and Hans Kurath _Linguistic Atlas of New England_  and
>>  its spinoff publications.
>>  Good luck,
>>  Fritz J
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>>  >>> tb5fab at GMAIL.COM 3/28/2007 2:50 PM >>>
>>  And yes, I know how some of you feel about these kinds of e mails.  if
>>  you don't choose to answer, you can just delete the message.  Just
>>  thought I'd ask.
>>
>>  Patti
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>>  On 3/28/07, FRITZ JUENGLING <juengling_fritz at salkeiz.k12.or.us> wrote:
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>>  > uh oh.....
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>>  > >>> tb5fab at GMAIL.COM 3/28/2007 1:56 PM >>>
>>  > Hi everyone.  I have a student who's doing a research paper on the
>>  > Boston
>>  > dialect.  He's having trouble finding sources and I looked as well,
>>  but
>>  > our
>>  > library is a bit lacking.
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>>  > So I was wondering:  could someone point us to either a scholar in
>>  > that
>>  > field or a really good source or two that would be a good starting
>>  > point?
>>  > Or is that too narrow of a topic for a paper?  Would he be better to
>>  > broaden
>>  > it to New England dialects?
>>  >
>>  > Not trying to get anyone to do the research for him, just seeing if
>>  we
>>  > can
>>  > get a handle on a starting point, a name or two perhaps.  Thanks.
>>  >
>>  > Patti Kurtz
>>  > Minot State University
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