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"real" Plains Talk (Nebraska, Kansas, Dakotas)
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 9:50 am
by sarah.beth
Ignoring Missouri and Oklahoma which have their own "issues."
What is the best source for American Great Plain dialect. Phonetics and common usage? Thanks!
Re: "real" Plains Talk (Nebraska, Kansas, Dakotas)
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:48 pm
by Perry Lassiter
I always thought the Kansas/Nebraska area was the source.
Re: "real" Plains Talk (Nebraska, Kansas, Dakotas)
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 6:49 pm
by Perry Lassiter
And by the way, welcome sarah.beth!
Re: "real" Plains Talk (Nebraska, Kansas, Dakotas)
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:23 pm
by sarah.beth
I always thought the Kansas/Nebraska area was the source.
????
Re: "real" Plains Talk (Nebraska, Kansas, Dakotas)
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:19 am
by bnjtokyo
Google search doesn't help much, but you might try The Great Plains Region edited by Amanda Rees, 2004. Also look through the many publications by (or edited by) William Labov on American English dialects. The group at University of Pennsylvania is working on a Phonological Atlas of North America. See
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/N ... alMap.html