Wisconsin talk :  linguistic diversity in the Badger State / 
edited by Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, and Joseph Salmons. 
 - Madison :  The University of Wisconsin Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (xxii, 173 pages) :  illustrations, maps. 
 - Languages and folklore of the Upper Midwest .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword /  Preface: Why language matters for Wisconsin /  Introduction: Thinking about language and Wisconsin English /  1. The native languages of Wisconsin /  2. Older immigrant languages /  3. Immigrant languages and education: Wisconsin's German schools /  4. The non-Wisconsin sound of southwest Wisconsin /  5. Words used in Wisconsin /  6. Standard English: What is it? And what is it good for? /  7. Ethnicity and language /  8. Hmong in Wisconsin /  9. Spanish in Wisconsin: Advantages of maintenance and prospects for sustained vitality /  10. Mapping Wisconsin's linguistic landscapes /  Conclusion and outlook /  Peyton Smith --  Joseph Salmons --  Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, and Joseph Salmons --  Karen Washinawatok and Monica Macaulay --  Felecia Lucht --  Antje Petty --  Kristin Speth --  Luanne Von Schneidemesser --  Eric Raimy --  Thomas Purnell --  Susan Meredith Burt --  Catherine Stafford --  Mark Livengood --  Joseph Salmons 
<br/><br/> Wisconsin is one of the most linguistically rich places in North America. It has the greatest diversity of American Indian languages east of the Mississippi, including Ojibwe and Menominee from the Algonquian language family, Ho-Chunk from the Siouan family, and Oneida from the Iroquoian family. French place names dot the state's map. German, Norwegian, and Polish-the languages of immigrants in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-are still spoken by tens of thousands of people, and the influx of new immigrants speaking Spanish, Hmong, and Somali continues to enrich the state's cultural landscape. These languages and others (Walloon, Cornish, Finnish, Czech, and more) have shaped the kinds of English spoken around the state. Within Wisconsin's borders are found three different major dialects of American English, and despite the influences of mass media and popular culture, they are not merging-they are dramatically diverging. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780299293338 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Wisconsin.<br/>English language--Dialects--Wisconsin.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE3101  / .W573 2013