Remlinger, Kathryn A.,

Yooper talk : dialect as identity in Michigan's Upper Peninsula / Kathryn A. Remlinger. - xxi, 183 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. - Languages and Folklore of the Upper Midwest .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-173) and index.

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.

9780299312503 (cloth : alk. paper)

2016049009


English language--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.
English language--Dialects--Michigan--Upper Peninsula.


Upper Peninsula (Mich.)--Languages.

PE3101.M5 / R46 2017

427/.97749