Summary Details
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19th Century Dialects of Western Massachusetts
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| Author: | Julie Roberts | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Sociolinguistics
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| Summary: |
What follows is a long overdue summary of the generous replies I received
to my query about possible features of the dialect of Emily Dickinson (19th century western Massachusetts/Amherst). We received several suggestions, and I would first like to thank Cynthia Hallen, Michael Montgomery, Peter Daniels, and Daniel Johnson for their suggestions. More than one person suggested that the LANE tapes, which we had begun tracking down would still be fruitful although they were tape recorded 100 years after the birth of ED. They were helpful; we found 2 tapes of older, upper class women from the region. Also particularly useful was the suggestion to consult the writings of Charles Hall Grandgent. The Emily Dickinson Lexicon website (Cynthia Hallen) was wonderfully interesting as well, and the lengthy and specific instructions on accessing early letters by Michael Montgomery looks like so much fun I am tempted to stop everything else to take on this task. |
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| LL Issue: | 18.2600 | |
| Date Posted: | 07-Sep-2007 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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