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George Balabanian – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation aims to analyze the Western Armenian (WA) verbal morphology from a diachronic perspective and perform an internal reconstruction to trace the modern Western dialects back to Classical Armenian (CA) or an older, unattested variant of Armenian. The dissertation's methodology (Chapter 1) is based on comparative dialectology (Chapter…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Morphology (Languages), Dialect Studies, Language Research
Davis, A.L. – Elementary English, 1968
This paper is the first in a compilation of articles reprinted by NCTE from the journal "Elementary English" and entitled "On the Dialects of Children." It comprises an overview of recent research in regional and social dialects in the United States. The "Linguistic Atlas of New England," the first section of the "Linguistic Atlas of the United…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Educational Needs, Language Research
Allen, Harold B. – 1967
Today, the study of regional and social dialects is offering valuable assistance to language teachers. Although studies comprehending all regions of the United States are still unrealized, linguistic geographers have undertaken comprehensive field studies of many regional language variations, making available (1) atlases describing the regional…
Descriptors: Atlases, Dialect Studies, Dialects, English Instruction
Pederson, Lee, Ed.; And Others – 1974
The Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (LAGS) Project is a survey of regional and social dialects in eight southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. This manual has been prepared both for those who will conduct the research and for those who are interested in the aims and methods of the…
Descriptors: Atlases, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Distinctive Features (Language)
Tio, Aurelio – Yelmo, 1973
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language, Language Research

St. Clair, Robert – Linguistics, 1974
Discusses the theories of various linguists concerning variation and argues that genetically related languages and related dialects are manifestations of the same linguistic phenomenon. (PM)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Diglossia, Language Research

McDavid, Raven I., Jr. – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1973
Current work in American dialectology is summarized and commented on. (Available from: See FL 508 214.) (RM)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Research, Language Usage
Annino, Tudini – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
Research conducted in the Italian town of Pescasseroli revealed that cultural changes had provoked various changes in the local dialect. This dialect had been greatly transfored in the last 15 years by the modification or disappearance of old cultural models and the intrusion of new ones. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Dialect Studies

Loflin, Marvin D.; Guyette, Thomas – Linguistics, 1976
The proposition that education affects dialect to a significant degree is examined. The findings leave doubt whether an educational differential is adequate to explain the maintenance of dialect differences between ethnic groups. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Education
Lanier, Dorothy Copeland – 1974
The two purposes of this study were to analyze the linguistic studies of the speech of black Americans which began in 1865 and ended in 1972 and to determine, on the basis of the studies analyzed, whether or not a black dialect exists. First, 73 studies were read and analyzed; second, these studies were categorized according to the investigators'…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Doctoral Dissertations, Language Research

Underwood, Gary N. – International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 1974
Criticizes mainstream dialectology and linguistic atlases as outdated, and suggests a method for mapping the language of the Southwest. (CK)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Interviews, Language Classification
Awa, Njoku E. – 1974
The first section of this paper is a general discussion of standard English. The nine sections which follow discuss the concept of correctness and the ideological differences between grammarians and purists; standard English in a historical perspective; Eric Partridge's (1969) taxonomy of the degrees and kinds of standard English, including…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialect Studies, Educational Research, Language Patterns

Hammarstrom, Goran – Language Sciences, 1983
Discusses the terms "regional,""dialectal,""semidialectal,""non-dialectal ," and "a-dialectal." Makes suggestions for new definitions for these terms. (EKN)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Research, Vocabulary
Ford, James F. – Florida FL Reporter, 1974
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Usage

Hess, Karen M. – Elementary School Journal, 1974
Summarizes the major concepts, issues, materials, methods, and recommendations related to dialects and dialect instruction. (DP)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Instruction, Language Research