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Speaking Pittsburghese: The Story of a Dialect (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics)
Speaking Pittsburghese The Story of a Dialect - Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
Author: Barbara Johnstone
This book explores the history of Pittsburghese, the language of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area as it is imagined and used by Pittsburghers. Pittburghese is linked to local identity so strongly that it is alluded to almost every time people talk about what Pittsburgh is like, or what it means to be a Pittsburgher. But what happened during the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199945702
ISBN-10: 0199945705
Publication Date: 11/25/2013
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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