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Peer reviewedKurath, Hans – American Speech, 1970
Descriptors: Area Studies, Etymology, Geographic Regions, Idioms
Keipe, Ashtoreth – 1978
A study was undertaken to determine if attitudes toward various regional dialects could be improved by teaching about the range of American English. The subjects were 47 sixth grade students. The experimental group of 21 subjects studied lessons on regional dialects for 55 minutes each day, while the control group of 26 subjects studied…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, Dialect Studies
