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Publication Date: 1971-Oct
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A Computerized Questionnaire for the Dialectal Survey of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Papers from the Michigan Linguistic Society Meeting, Vol. 1, No. 3.
Peterson, Joseph; Thundyil, Zacharias
This questionnaire presents about 450 phonological, lexical, and grammatical items that are used in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In composing the dialect survey, terms pertaining to climate, topography, and ethnic groups were taken into account, as were other words and phrases which might be used by Upper Peninsula native speakers. The survey will involve residents from each of the fifteen counties of the Upper Peninsula. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation, North American English, Phonology, Questionnaires, Regional Dialects, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Speech Evaluation, Standard Spoken Usage, Surveys, Vocabulary
David Lawton, English Department, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859 ($3.00 each issue)
Publication Type: Tests/Questionnaires
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Authoring Institution: Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant. Dept. of English.
Identifiers - Location: Michigan
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