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Speaking Pittsburghese : the story of a dialect

Title
Speaking Pittsburghese : the story of a dialect / Barbara Johnstone.
Author
Johnstone, Barbara
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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Description
xxii, 266 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
Uniform Title
Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
Contents
Pittsburgh speech and Pittsburghese -- Yinz are in Stiller Country: dialect, place, and social meaning in language -- From Pittsburgh speech to Pittsburghese -- Perceiving Pittsburghese -- Linking language and place in interaction -- Pittsburghese in the media -- Selling Pittsburghese -- Performing Pittsburghese -- The history of yinz and the outlook for Pittsburghese.
Call Number
JFE 14-3895
ISBN
  • 9780199945702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0199945705 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780199945689 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0199945683 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2013019337
OCLC
847842686
Author
Johnstone, Barbara, author.
Title
Speaking Pittsburghese : the story of a dialect / Barbara Johnstone.
Publisher
New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Oxford studies in sociolinguistics
Oxford studies in sociolinguistics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
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JFE 14-3895
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