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Author Johnstone, Barbara.

Title Speaking Pittsburghese : the story of a dialect / Barbara Johnstone
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Oxford studies in sociolinguists
Oxford studies in sociolinguists
Contents Pittsburgh speech and Pittsburghese -- Yinz are in Stiller Country: dialect, place, and social meaning in language -- From Pittsburgh speech to Pittsburghese -- Perceiving Pittsburghese -- Linking language and place in interaction -- Pittsburghese in the media -- Selling Pittsburghese -- Performing Pittsburghese -- The history of yinz and the outlook for Pittsburghese
Summary This book explores the history of Pittsburghese, the local dialect of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area as it is imagined and used by Pittsburghers. Sociolinguist Barbara Johnstone asks what happened during the second half of the 20th century to reshape a largely unnoticed way of speaking in the southwestern Pennsylvania region into a highly visible urban 'dialect' called Pittsburghese, linked to local identity so strongly that Pittsburghese is alluded to almost every time people talk about what Pittsburgh is like or what it means to be a Pittsburgher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject English language -- Dialects -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Americanisms -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sociolinguistics -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Americanisms
English language -- Dialects
Sociolinguistics
Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199945696
0199945691
1299966705
9781299966703
9780199369836
0199369836