Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

by Kathryn A. Remlinger

Overview

Engagingly examines the history of the "Yooper" dialect of English in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, focusing on how and why such regional dialects and identities emerge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299312503
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	06/27/2017
Series:	Languages and Folklore of Upper Midwest
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.80(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Kathryn Remlinger is a professor of English at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations                   Foreword by James P. Leary and Joe Salmons            Preface            Acknowledgments                     Introduction                 1 Dialect and Identity: A Language Ideology Approach                      2 Land, Labor, and Language: The Roots of Upper Peninsula English            3 Sounding Like a Yooper: The Idea of a Regional Dialect                 4 What It Means to Be a Yooper: Authentic Locals and Ideal Speakers                       5 Yooperisms in Tourism: Selling the Idea of a Dialect                       6 Recognize and Recycle: Regional Dialects in the Media                   Conclusion                    Notes               References                   Index

Editorial Reviews

"Although humorous songs poke fun at Yoopers' words and customs, Remlinger takes this place and its people very seriously. She explains how history, ethnicity, environment, economic changes, tourism, and especially language have created a colorful and distinctive regional dialect and identity." —Larry Lankton, Hollowed Ground: Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior

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