Pittsburgh speech and Pittsburghese /:

Linguists have sporadically noted peculiarities of pronunciation, lexis and morphosyntax in the speech of European Americans in the Pittsburgh area, and Pittsburgh speech, locally known as "Pittsburghese", has been a topic of discussion in the Pittsburgh area for decades. This variety has...

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Main Authors: Johnstone, Barbara (Author), Baumgardt, Daniel (Author), Eberhardt, Maeve (Author), Kiesling, Scott F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, ©2015.
Series:Dialects of English DOE.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Linguists have sporadically noted peculiarities of pronunciation, lexis and morphosyntax in the speech of European Americans in the Pittsburgh area, and Pittsburgh speech, locally known as "Pittsburghese", has been a topic of discussion in the Pittsburgh area for decades. This variety has never before been systematically documented, however. The first and only scholarly book to describe Pittsburgh-area varieties of English, Pittsburgh Speech and Pittsburghese is an essential reference tool for anyone studying the dialect of the Pittsburgh area and the only textbook choice for anyone teaching about it
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 112, [113] pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-112) and index.
ISBN:9781614511786
1614511780

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