The Origins of Missouri English
A Historical Sociophonetic Analysis
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Product details:
- Publisher Lexington Books
- Date of Publication 6 December 2023
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781498597265
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages328 pages
- Size 236x158x24 mm
- Weight 630 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 57 BW Illustrations, 13 Tables Illustrations, unspecified 560
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Short description:
Working with archival recordings, the authors trace the history of Missouri English and demonstrate how the voices of Missourians born over a century ago provide a unique window on the development of many of the pronunciation features that separate modern American dialects.
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Missouri lies at a regional crossroads where the Midwest meets the South and the West begins. The contemporary dialect picture of the state reflects this blend of influences. Depending on their backgrounds, Missourians may share speech features with Chicagoans, Kentuckians, or Californians. The authors explore the history behind this current linguistic variation by listening to the voices of Missourians born between the 1880s and the 1930s. Drawing on a corpus of archival recordings, this book documents the unique linguistic features that characterized Missouri dialects over a century ago. State-of-the-art techniques in sociophonetics are applied to track patterns in pronunciation with a focus on regional differences related to vowel sounds. The study presents detailed examinations of several vocalic mergers and chain shifts heard today in various regional dialects. The evidence uncovered in the speech of older Missourians challenges prevailing ideas about the history of these particular features and about the origins and spread of sound change more generally. In addition to providing insight into the development of Missouri English and other American dialects, the book serves as a model for the application of large-scale sociophonetic analysis to the study of language history.
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Chapter 1. Missouri: History and Dialectology
Chapter 2. Historical Sociophonetics
Chapter 3. Automated Formant Estimation and Old Recordings
Chapter 4. Materials and Methods of Analysis
Chapter 5. The Pin-Pen Merger
Chapter 6. The Low-Back Vowel Merger
Chapter 7. force, north, and start
Chapter 8. The Southern Shift
Chapter 9. The Northern Cities Shift and the Low-Back-Vowel Merger Shift
Chapter 10. What?s in a Vowel? The Pronunciation of Missouri
Chapter 11. Wrapping Up and Looking Forward
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The Origins of Missouri English: A Historical Sociophonetic Analysis
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