"Heartland" English Variation and Transition in the American Midwest

"This admirabel collection of 17 essays on dialectical variation is unified by the desire to dicredit the myth of 'General American'--that English in the Midwest is uniform and may even constitute a 'Standard English.' The methods employed in these studies and their results are consitently interesting and informative.""--Choice ""This is a much-needed book, one just chock full of interesting studies.""--American Speech ""The language of the Midwest here receives a first comprehensive survey. . . . A well-edited, stimulating collection which will convince readers that the Midwest is worth closer inspection--linguistically and otherwise.""--English Wide-World"Frazer, Timothy C. is the author of '"Heartland" English Variation and Transition in the American Midwest' with ISBN 9780817306755 and ISBN 0817306757.