Yooper talk : dialect as identity in Michigan's Upper Peninsula /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madison :
University of Wisconsin Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Languages and folklore of the Upper Midwest.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Yoopers, Yooper talk, and English in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
- 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.