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George Fox University

Faculty Publications - Department of World Languages, Sociology & Cultural Studies

1999

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Names Of Us English: Valley Girl, Cowboy, Yankee, Normal, Nasal, And Ignorant, Laura Hartley, Dennis R. Preston Apr 1999

The Names Of Us English: Valley Girl, Cowboy, Yankee, Normal, Nasal, And Ignorant, Laura Hartley, Dennis R. Preston

Faculty Publications - Department of World Languages, Sociology & Cultural Studies

A commonplace in United States (hereafter US) linguistics is that every region supports its own standard; none is the locus (or source) of the standard. Historically that is a fair assessment, for no long-term centre of culture, economy and government has dominated in the US.


A View From The West: Perceptions Of U.S. Dialects From The Point Of View Of Oregon, Laura Hartley Jan 1999

A View From The West: Perceptions Of U.S. Dialects From The Point Of View Of Oregon, Laura Hartley

Faculty Publications - Department of World Languages, Sociology & Cultural Studies

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