How to Speak Midwestern

by Edward McClelland

Book Overview

A dictionary wrapped in some serious dialectology inside a gift book trailing a serious whiff of Relevance -The New York Times

In this book on Midwestern accents, and sayings, Edward McClelland explains what Midwesterners say and how and why they say it. He examines the causes of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, explains the nasality of Minnesota speech, and details why Chicagoans talk more like people from Buffalo than their next-door neighbors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997774274
• ISBN13: 9780997774276
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Belt Publishing
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.2"