Boston Dialects

[Patti Kurtz]

Thanks, Dennis!

On 3/28/07, Dennis R. Preston <preston at msu.edu> wrote:
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> Poster:       "Dennis R. Preston" <preston at MSU.EDU>
> Subject:      Re: Boston Dialects
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> Patti,
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> Nope Boston is not too small; it's too big. I would read this first:
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> Language
> (Journal of the Linguistics Society of America)
> Volume 55
> Number 3 (September 1979)
> Ethnicity in phonological variation and change  Martha Laferriere       p.
> 603
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> 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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> >>  Subject:      Re: Boston Dialects
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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
> >>
> >>  >>> 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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> >>  > Subject:      Re: Boston Dialects
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> >>  > uh oh.....
> >>  >
> >>  > >>> 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.
> >>  >
> >>  > 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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