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.