Wisconsin Talk Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State

Name: Wisconsin Talk Linguistic Diversity in the Badger State
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ISBN: 9780299293345

ISBN-10: 0299293343

ISBN-13: 9780299293345

Edition: 2013

Authors: Thomas Purnell, Eric Raimy, Joseph Salmons

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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…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 9/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 196
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Foreword



Preface: Why Language Matters for Wisconsin



Introduction: Thinking about Language and Wisconsin English




The Native Languages of Wisconsin




Older Immigrant Languages




Immigrant Languages and Education: Wisconsin's German Schools




The Non-Wisconsin Sound of Southwest Wisconsin




Words Used in Wisconsin




Standard English: What Is It? And What Is It Good For?




Ethnicity and Language




Hmong in Wisconsin




Spanish in Wisconsin: Advantages of Maintenance and Prospects for Sustained Vitality




Mapping Wisconsin's Linguistic Landscapes



Conclusion and Outlook



References


Contributors


Index