Small-Town Values and Big-City Vowels: A Study of the Northern Cities Shift in Michigan

by Matthew J. Gordon

PADS #84 This book presents a sociolinguistic study of the Northern Cities Shift, a complex pattern of vowel changes heard across the traditional Inland North dialect region of the United States. The study reports on how residents of small towns are reacting to these changes, which are associated with urban speech. Utilizing both quantitative and qualitative evidence, the author offers a richly detailed account of the sociolinguistic distribution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822364786
• ISBN13: 9780822364788
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"