Dictionary of American Regional English Volume VI: Contrastive Maps, Index to Entry Labels, Questionnaire and Fieldwork Data

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-0-674-06653-3
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 1080 Seiten, Format (B × H): 220 mm x 287 mm, Gewicht: 2477 g

This companion volume to the Dictionary of American Regional English vastly enhances readers' use of the five volumes of DARE text. Those who want to investigate the regional synonyms for a rustic, or a submarine sandwich, or that strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street can search through the five volumes and compare the distributional maps. Or, with this volume, they can open to a page with all those maps displayed side by side. Not only is it an extraordinary teaching tool, it is also a browser's delight. The user who wants to know what words characterize a given state or region is also in luck. The Index to the five volumes not only answers that question but also satisfies the reader's curiosity about words that have come into English from other languages, and words that vary with the speakers' age, sex, race, education, and community type. And those who simply love to explore the variety and ingenuity of American expression will be seduced by the lists of answers to the DARE fieldwork questions. Dust balls under the bed? Americans have at least 176 names for them. Names for a heavy rainstorm? There are more than 200, including the fanciful frog-strangler, goose-drownder, lightwood-knot floater, and trash-mover. More than 400 questions and all of their answers are included in this treasure trove of American linguistic creativity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Joan Houston

Weitere Mitwirkende

von Schneidemesser, Luanne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Adressbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Hall, Joan Houston
Joan Houston Hall is Distinguished Scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She joined the <i>DARE</i> staff in 1975, became Associate Editor in 1979, and was named Chief Editor in 2000.