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Speaking Pittsburghese : the story of a dialect
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- Creator
- Barbara Johnstone
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780199945702, 0199945705, 9780199945689, 0199945683
- OCLC
- ocn847842686
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.
- 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