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Yooper talk : dialect as identity in Michigan's Upper Peninsula / Kathryn A. Remlinger

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Remlinger, Kathryn A.
Published
Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
xxi, 183 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

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Contents
Introduction: Yoopers, Yooper talk, and English in Michigan's Upper Peninsula -- Dialect and identity: a language ideology approach -- Land, labor, and language: the roots of Upper Peninsula English -- Sounding like a Yooper: the idea of a regional dialect -- What it means to be a Yooper: authentic locals and ideal speakers -- Yooperisms in tourism: selling the idea of a dialect -- Recognize and recycle: regional dialects in the media.
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ISBN
9780299312503 (cloth : alk. paper)
029931250X (cloth : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.
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