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Postmaster: Address correction and forwarding requested Page 2 NADS 17.3 September ! 985 ANNUAL MEETING 1985: CELEBRATION AND REMEMBRANCE Celebration of DARE, remembrance of Raven • Morning Session, 9:30-11:30 a.m.: Dedi­ I. McDavid, Jr., and examination of the ethics of cated to the memory of Raven I. McDavid, Jr. surreptitious recording will be among the Presiding: William A. Krf.tzschmar, Jr. themes of the 1985 ADS Annual Meeting in □ “McDavid’s Law." Rudolph C. Troike, Univ. Chicago—at the Hyatt Regency Chicago with the of Illinois, Urbana-Champalgn. (Paper to be read Modern Language Association on the afternoon by John Algeo, Univ. of Georgia.) of Sunday, Dec. 29, and at the Newberry Library While it is no longer stylish in linguistics to speak all day Monday, Dec. 30. Don't m iss the party for of phonetic “laws” in mimicry of the physical DARE after the Dec. 29 session, and be sure to sciences, the tradition of naming significant sound- make an advance reservation for the luncheon changes after their discoverers, such as Grimm’s Dec. 30 (see box). Law, Vemer's Law, Grassmann's Law, etc., is well- For MLA registration, housing and member­ established and deserves to be continued, in the style that astronomers still use in naming comets (particu­ ship information, write Modem Language larly apt in this year of Halley's Comet). Association, 62FifthAve., NewYork, N.Y. 10011. Thus it seems appropriate to denominate a sound- Housing: For its preregistrants, MLA has change in Southern speech after the man who, rooms at the Hyatt for $50 single, $60 double, among his many other accomplishments, was the and rooms in “overflow” hotels for as little as $35 first to give a scientific account of it in 1942: Raven a night. Those who prefer an independent alter­ I. McDavid, Jr. The change in question is that of |z] native are Invited to take advantage of an offer to |d) before a nasal, as in Isn’t (idn(t)], uiasn't arranged by the American Name Society: rooms (wadn(t)l, business [bldnls], and the like. The status at the Midland Hotel, about ten blocks from the of McDavid’s Law in Southern speech is assessed, and some additional examples are provided to Hyatt Regency—a $2 taxi ride. The Midland is demonstrate extensions in the scope of its applica­ also the site of the Name Society annual dinner tion. Dec. 29. ANS’ special room rate is $45 per night □ “Defending Dialectology: LANCS, DARE, and (two double beds, two single beds, or one single Other Data." Timothy C. Frazer, Western bed—all at the same price). To get this rate, write Illinois Univ. or call Alfunsia Jones or Joann Joyce, Midland It has been almost 30 years since Glenna Ptckford Hotel. 172 West Adams at LaSalle, Chicago, IL published her heated attack on the methods of the 60603: phone (312) 332-1200. Be sure to say you Linguistic Atlas of the United States. Raven McDavid, are with the American Name Society, and please of course, responded articulately in many places and don't delay! times, as have Harold Allen and others. But criticism SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 continues. In this paper I address three issues raised by three critics: first, that atlas data are not reliable Hyatt Regency Chicago, Illinois Center, 151 because informants are not randomly sampled: E. Wacker Dr. second, that word geographies are of little value to MLA Session 474, Columbus G, East Tower linguistics; and third, that things like isogloss maps 1:45-3:00 p.m. have little value because they are static and that, in Z An American ABC: A Discussion any case, geography can't be a very important vari­ Commemorating Publication of Vol. 1 of the able in a mobile society like the United States. I will Dictionary of American Regional English. addresss the reliability issue by comparing LANCS Presiding: ADS Vice President Richard W. and DARE distributions of a number of lexical items in Illinois: if the Informant sample was inaccurate or B a ile y . Unlv. of Michigan. unreliable, we should find these surveys to be in Panelists: DARE Editor Frederic W. Cassidy, conflict. I will address the second issue by comparing Univ. of Wisconsin. Madison; John A lg eo , Univ. some lexical lsoglosses in Illinois based on some of of Georgia: H arold B. A llen , Emeritus, Univ. of the oldest LANCS field records with some more recent Minnesota. Minneapolis; Allen Walker Read, linguistic boundaries based upon recent DARE Emeritus. Columbia Univ. The discussion will be pronunciation data. 1 address the third issue by informal: there will be time for questions from demonstrating the resistance of certain dialect boun- the floor. dales in Illinois to some very vigorous ongoing sound Z Following the discussion: Reception in changes. honor of the DARE staff, place to be announced. □ "Come Here Till I Punch You on the Nose." Made possible by a gift from Audrey R. Duckert; Ronald R. Butters and J. Beth Day, Duke co-sponsored by the Harvard University Press. Univ. In his book Variation and Linguistic Theory MONDAY. DECEMBER 30 (1973), Charles-James N. Bailey presented the Newberry Library. 60 W. Walton S t, Fellows’ controversial theory of panlectal grammar: as Peter Lounge Trudgill puts it, “a panlectal grammar was Intended • 9:30 a.m. Coffee. to incorporate not simply a few but all the varieties September 1985 NADS 17.3 Page 3 of a particular language; and It was justified, not as noted above as well as for evidence of a “depldglnlz- a descriptive device, but In terms of the model It was lng” process which became Increasingly widespread said to provide of the adult native speaker's “compe­ as the Indian became acculturated, voluntarily or tence’" (On Dialect: Social and Geographical otherwise, to the white man’s world. Perspectives, 1983, p. 8). It soon became apparent that the panlectal model was not a reasonable goal, ANNUAL LUNCHEON and the hypothesis was then limited to that of the A m e r i c a n D i a l e c t S o c i e t y polylectal grammar, which “seeks to Include many, rather than all, of the varieties of a particular Monday, December 30, 1985 language." 11:45 a.m .-l:00 p.m. Trudgill set out to test this hypothesis empirically, At one of thefine eating places in the vicinity presenting sentences In unfamiliar nonstandard of the Newberry Library. Because new English to speakers of standard British English (e.g. restaurants are opening, we will wait till Come here till I punch you on the nose). His subjects November to determine the locale. Please, In general did not understand the exotic sentences, however, notify the Executive Secretary in leading Trudgill to conclude “that the case for hand­ advance tf you plan to attend so we will be ling the polylectal passive competence of a native speaker by means of a grammar Is not an especially able to reserve the right number of places. strong one" (29). The luncheon will conclude with remarks We decided to replicate TrudgUTs experiment, by President Thomas L. Clark. using American subjects. To our surprise, our Duke University students scored much better on the whole • Afternoon Session, 1:15-3:00 p.m. than did Trudglll’s Reading University students and □ “The Fondness for Social Titles In Early colleagues. Even so, Duke students did not do well America." Allen Walker Read, Columbia Unlv. enough to challenge TrudgilTs doubts about the While the Constitution of the United States defi­ validity of BaUey’s polylectal grammar theory. Indeed, nitely prohibited the granting of titles of nobility (Art. one might argue that. If there Is this much variation I, Sec. lx.. Par. 8). a paradoxical situation developed In results, and If that variation Is not based on expo­ In the America of the early 19th century. The sure to other dialects, then what we are testing Is common people eagerly sought social titles. Even the mere cleverness—linguistic performance In the conservative John Adams wrote In a letter of 1807: classic Chomsklan sense—and not knowledge of “There is not a country under heaven In which titles grammatical rules. and precedency are more eagerly coveted than In this □ “American Indian English In Nineteenth country. The title of Excellency, and Honor, and Century Fiction; Voices from a Pidgin Past.” Worship, of Councillor. Senator, Speaker, Major- General, Brigadier-General, Colonel, Lieutenant- Beverly Olson Flanigan, Ohio Univ. Colonel. Major. Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign, The popularity of the American Indian as a Sergeant, Corporal, and even Drummer and Flfer, Is character In the novels and short stories produced In sought with as furious zeal as that of Earl. Marquis, the 19th century led Inevitably to attempts to repre­ sent his “broken" English speech. Unlike the earlier or Duke In any other country; and as many Intrigues and as much corruption in many cases, are used to traders' accounts and captivity narratives, which contained only occasional reports of native speech, obtain them." fictional works were obliged to Include extended Adams' criticism is corroborated by a large body of evidence, sampled In this paper. The “rattlesnake conversations and other samples of the Indians’ colonel." the “kitchen colonel," and the “Kentucky attempts to use the white man’s tongue, since It was well known that few of the new Americans learned colonel" are dealt with. Some Incidents show a folklorlc development as they are retold. The British the Indigenous languages. Although this fictional travelers were specially caustic In their accounts of speech Is at times lnconslstenUy rendered, a hodge­ the “Generals," “Judges," “Captains," and “Honoura- podge of elevated rhetorical style, simplified syntax, and stereotyped lexica] Items. It bears the marks In bles" that they met. Nevertheless, American travelers were highly critical of the “Lordships," “Graces," better writers of a pldginlzed variety of English which “Barts," etc., that they found on visiting England. resembles other such pidgins used historically In The psychology of such ambivalence is difficult to similarly limited contact situations. Those distin­ fathom. guishing marks include an Invariant word order for all sentence types, a radically reduced morphological □ Special Symposium on the Legal and Ethical system, simplified marking of negation and pronom­ Status of Surreptitious Recording. Chair: inal case, unmarked tense and aspect, absence of Donald W. Larmouth. Unlv. of Wisconsin, copula, and a restricted phonological system. It Is Green Bay. reasonable to assume that these writers were This symposium raises legal and ethical questions recreating an authentic language variety (cf. SUvers- concerning the use of hidden microphones In dialect teln 1973 and Dillard 1975). In this paper samples of fieldwork. The discussion will begin with a review of Indian English discourse from the writings of university human subjects research statements and Coo pier, Simms, Thoreau, and Garland will be professional society guidelines. Including such prin­ examined for their representation of the features ciples as Informed consent, confidentiality, and Page 4 NADS 17.3 September 1985 minimal risk. Then we will consider a series of cases 3) A fleldworker uses a concealed recorder at a to try to apply these principles In fieldwork—cases public meeting where formal speeches, questions like the following: and answers, and Incidental comments are all 1) In a private Interview, a fleldworker has recorded, but the participants are not Informed of explained the purpose of the research, secured the the fieldworker’s Intentions. Informant’s permission, uses a structured question­ 4) A fleldworker uses a hidden microphone In a naire, and takes visible notes, but doesn’t tell the public place (bar, department store, city park, etc.) to Informant that the interview Is being recorded. record Incidental conversation, not announcing his 2) A fleldworker uses a hidden microphone In a or her intentions but staying away from clearly group, where open conversation takes place among private conversations. the interviewer and the informants, all of whom have • 3:00 p.m. Coffee. been told about the purpose of the research. • Annual Business Meeting, 3:00-4:00 p.m. AMERICAN NAME SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING 1985 Chicago, Friday, Dec. 27 reception for Harry Mark Petrakls. 10 a.m.-noon, Newberry Library, Fellows’ Saturday, Dec. 28 Lounge: Illinois Name Society. 9:00-11:00 a.m ., Newberry Library, Fellows’ 1:00-6:00 p.m., Newberry Library, Fellows’ Lounge: Panel on “The First Course in Onomas­ Lounge: Papers by Stewart and Mildred Kings­ tics: What Should We Teach?” with Ed Lawson, bury, James K. Skipper, Kelsle Harder, W.F.H. W.F.H. Nicolalsen, Fred Tarpley, Len Ashley, and Nlcolalsen, Marlon Harris, Allen Walker Read, Kelsie Harder. Francois Beaudin from Quebec Don Orth, James Karl, Demetrius J. Georgacas, will also report on the new French Placenames of Randall Detro, Eric Hamp. North America Project. 7:45-9:45 p.m. Special session chaired by noon-l:15 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago, Hugh Ingrasci: “Names in Literature: The Addams, West Tower. MLA session 173. Authors Speak.” Harry Mark Petrakls, Glenn “Some French Place-Names In Wisconsin," F.G. Meeter, Fred Tarpley. Tentatively followed by a Cassidy, Unlv. of Wisconsin, Madison. “Airport Names In Latin America,” Wayne H. Flnke, New York. DIVISION ON LANGUAGE CHANGE “French Place-Names In Ontario: An Overview,” MLA ANNUAL MEETING 1985 Andr6 Laplerre, Unlv. of Ottawa. Hyatt Regency Chicago “Company Manners and Brand New Names In the Friday, December 27 Marketplace,” L.R.N. Ashley, Brooklyn Coll., CUNY. 7:00-8:15 p.m., Belmont, West Tower. Presid­ 3:30-4:45 p.m., Hyatt Regency Chicago, ing: Allen Walker Read, Columbia Unlv. Wright, West Tower. MLA session 256. “Measuring Time In the English Language.” “The Names of Oz: Onomastics In the Fantasies of Eugene Green, Boston Unlv. L. Frank Baum," John Algeo, Unlv. of Georgia. “The Death of Recent New Meanings and New “Spanish Patronymic Variations In the United Items In English.” Garland Cannon, Texas A&M States,” Grace Alvarez-Altman, State Unlv. of New Unlv. York. Brockport. “Recent Directions of Change in the American “Toponymlc Epithets In Medieval Spanish Litera­ Slanguage." Leonard R.N. Ashley, Brooklyn Coll., ture," Stephen Hess, Long Island Univ., C.W. Post City Unlv. of New York. Center. “A Theory of Language Evolution in American “HLEWAGASTIZ: Names and Early Germanic Sign Language." Joseph Grlgely, Gallaudet Coll, Morphology," Herbert Penzl, Unlv. of California. and Stanford Unlv., and Diane Brentarl, Gallaudet Berkeley. Coll. 7:15-10:00 p.m., Midland Hotel, Daniel 9:00-10:15 p.m. Presiding: Carol Faith Burnham Room. Papers by Patricia Elder Dean Justus, Unlv. of Texas, Austin. and James L. Evans. Discussion of Phase II of ‘Systemic Motivation and Blockage of Language the U.S. Geological Survey with Don Orth. Roger Change: The Evolution of Deferential Address In Payne, Fred Tarpley, and Randall Detro. Meeting the Indo-European Languages." John Earl Joseph, of the Placename Survey of the United States. Oklahoma State Unlv. Sunday, Dec. 29 “Judeo-Spanlsh Language Attrition: Reduction Annual Dinner, Midland Hotel, Wright Room. and Simplification.” Paul GUmer. Unlv. of Texas, Cash bar 6:30, dinner served 7:30. Presidential Austin. Address by Alan Rayburn. Reservations required “The Dynamics of Accentual Change In by Dec. 20: send $20 per person to Larry Selts, Germanic and Celtic." Joseph C. Salmons, Purdue Unlv. 155 Buckthorn Dr., Apt. 201. North Aurora IL “Metaphor, Systematic Leveling, and the 60542-1451. Primary Process.' Thomas P. Bonflglio, Unlv. of For further Information write ANS executive Richmond. secretary Wayne H. Flnke, 7 E. 14th St. 17U. New York. NY 10003. September 1985______NADS 17.3 ______Page 5 ADS ANNUAL MEETING WEST: WITH LSA IN SEATTLE Seattle Sheraton Hotel. Dec. 27-30 Portuguese and Their Soclolinguistlc Conse­ At press time the day and room for the ADS- quences. " Brian Head, SUNY Albany and Federal sponsored session had not been determined. University at Campinas (Brazil). LSA will offer Its members’ rates to ADS □ “Word Choice In Two Canadian Urban members for registration and hotel rooms. For Surveys." Gaelan Do dds d eWo lf, Univ. of Information write LSA, Suite 211, 1325 — 18th Victoria, and E rika Ha sebe-Lu d t, Freie Univ. St. NW, Washington, DC 20036-6501; phone Berlin. (202) 835-1714. This paper will discuss the choice of lexical Item, ADS Session Chair: Dennis R. Presto n , with the requirement of semantic sameness, as It Eastern Michigan Univ. Program: relates to socio-economic status, age and sex and □ “Some Cyclic Rules of Phonology In compare the effect of geographic distance relating to this word selection In urban surveys In two Canadian cities several thousand kilometres apart. We hope thereby to illustrate cross-Canadian socio-cultural DIVISION ON LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY and sociollngusltlc similarities In lexical choice. MLA ANNUAL MEETING 1985 □ “Syntactic Variable Choice In Spontaneous Speech.” deWolf and Ha sebe-Lu d t. Hyatt Regency Chicago This paper Is based on research conducted during Saturday, December 28 a major Canadian urban dialect survey. It compares 8:30-9:45 a.m., New Orleans, West Tower. syntactic Items of spontaneous speech with the Presiding: Magdalena Garcia Pinto, Unlv. of answers to the survey's formal syntactic questioning Missouri, Columbia. In respect to age, sex and socio-economic status. The “Temporal Order and Turn-Taking in Oral Narra­ focus of the discussion Is the discrepancy between tive.” Anne R. Bower, Univ. of Pennsylvania. the actual variable of uncontrolled speech and the “Winning In the Synanon Game: Conversational chosen value of formal prompting based on notions Turns In an Argumentative Context,” Mary Brad­ of grammatical correctness. shaw Williamson, Univ. of California. Berkeley. □ “A New Approach to Variation in the “Second Language Children’s Acquisition of Southern Drawl: A Soclolinguistlc Analysis of Classroom Discourse Rules." Jo Anne Klelfgen, Alabama Talk.” Crawford Feagin, Univ. of Univ. of Illinois, Champaign. Virginia, Falls Church. “Openings and Closings in the Courtroom." Lana Several attempts have been made at defining the Rings, Univ. of Texas, Arlington. Southern drawl, most notably Sledd (1966), who 10:15-11:30 a.m.. New Orleans, West Tower. pointed out that It is used mainly by women. His Presiding: Patricia Nichols, San Jose State data was based on his native Atlanta intuitions. At Univ. about the same time, Bailey (1965/1968), after “Contextuallzatlon In Spontaneous Story- examining his own urban Kentucky speech, drew Telling: Shared Structures and Individual Struc­ some conclusions about the drawl from the acoustics turing." Barbara Johnstone, Georgetown Univ. of the speech of an urban South Carolina native. “Network Television’s ‘Feminist’ Programming More recently Hablck (1980) carried out a brief and Real-World Cross-Sex Discourse.” June M. acoustic study of the drawl as It occurred among a Frazer and Timothy C. Frazer, Western Illinois few rural and small-town Informants from Kentucky Univ. and Illinois. “Discourse In the L2 Classroom." Robert J. Dl Using Hablck's definition of the drawl, a careful Pietro, Univ. of Delaware. examination of tape-recorded Informal Interviews “Towards a Speech Act Theory of Early Language Acquisition." Ralf Thlede, Univ. of Missouri, PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH Columbia. DISCUSSION GROUP Sunday, December 29 Noon-1:15 p.m., Du Sable, West Tower. Presid­ MLA ANNUAL MEETING 1985 ing: Don L.F. Nllsen. Arizona State Univ. Hyatt Regency Chicago “Features of Oral and Written Discourse." Vloleta Saturday, December 28 Kelertas, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago. 1:45-3:00 p.m., Wright, East Tower. “Time and Place in Written and Spoken “Survey of Non-Native Attitudes Toward Present- Language." Winifred Bryan Homer, Texas Chris­ Day English.” Bruce Southard, Oklahoma State tian Univ. Univ. "Oral vs. Written Discourse: The Orallty of the “Lexical Compounding In College Slang." Paul Written Text." Michael S. Macovskl, Dartmouth Gilmer, Univ. of Texas, Austin. College. “Information Management Strategies in Spoken “Translating Written Jokes Into the Spoken and Written English." Terry L. Irons, Univ. of Vernacular." Wayne Glowka, Georgia Coll. Missouri, Columbia. Page 6 NADS 17.3 from one Alabama community, observation of native common in everyday life. The present experiments speakers, and examination of native speaker Intui­ use talkers representing different dialect areas to tions have shown that the drawl Is subject to a focus upon the effect of social dialects In contrast number of sociollngulstlc constraints: 1) geog­ with phonetic factors In phoneme recognition. The raphical differences—that Is. both regional variation stimuli are fictitious place and family names, and urban/rural differences: 2) differences depending surveyed In advance to control for cognitive effects. on demography—age. sex, and social class; 3) differ­ The stimuli are presented to listeners in a syntactic ences In language use—Intimacy and solidarity frame, e.g. “Edit the Cowansburg file.” While there Is versus formality and distancing; 4) differences a constant, low-level error rate of about 10 percent according to topic; and 5) the psycho-social for error-prone phonological types which are phonet­ constraint of self-ldentificatlon. ically practically equivalent across dialects (e.g. final □ “Vancouver Vowel Systems.” J ohn E sling, weak fricatives), there Is significant Interaction Unlv. of Victoria. between talker's and listener's dialects in the case of phonetically and/or phonological^ different dialects; □ “Experiments on Perceptual Confusions for example. “Cowansburg” spoken by a Philadelp­ Across Dialects." Franz Se it z , Univ. of Pennsyl­ hian as (kaeww nzb 9 rg) Is nearly always heard as vania. “Kallensburg" by outsiders. Phonetically-based misunderstandings are NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT CALL FOR PAPERS This year the Nominating Committee had one (DEADLINE DECEMBER 15) assignment: to propose a member of the Execu­ ADS SUMMER MEETING 1986 tive Council for the term 1986-1989. The Joint Conference with the committee’s choice is David K. Barnhart of Lexik House. Society for Caribbean Linguistics Additional nominations require the signatures The University of the West Indies of at least ten members on a petition to be put in St. Augustine, Trinidad the hands of the Executive Secretary by August 27-30. 1986 December 15. Conference theme: Approaches to syntactic and semantic description In Caribbean Mary Ritchie Key has been appointed by ADS languages (and situations which share some­ President Thomas Clark to chair the committee thing in common with those In the Caribbean). to plan the celebration of our Centennial in 1989. Papers should be devoted to topics and If you would like to serve on the committee, you issues that are of relevance to the study of are cordially invited to volunteer; write her. him, Caribbean languages or should discuss situa­ or the Executive Secretary. tions which pose problems of description similar to those posed by Caribbean situations More than 10 nominations for the Presidential (e.g. Black English). Honorary Memberships 1986 have been happily Abstracts: D ecem ber 15, 1985 is the dead­ received by President Thomas Clark. His line—so don't delay. ADS members should appointment of four students to the Honorary submit abstracts to Ronald Butters, 138 Social Memberships will be announced at the Annual Sciences Bldg., Duke Unlv., Durham NC Meeting and In the January Newsletter. 27706. SCL members and others should submit abstracts to Donald Winford (address The October issue of the new journal English below). Notice of acceptance will be given by Today is devoted to British and American the end of February 1986. English. It contains an article by ADS member Completed papers will be required by the Connie C. Eble on “American Speech In Amer­ end of May 1986. All papers are to be submitted ican Speech which surveys the 60 years of our to Dr. Winford. journal. Conference secretary: Donald Winford (Sec­ English Today, which calls itself “the Interna­ retary-Treasurer, SCL), Dept, of Language and tional review of the English language.” is In Linguistics, Univ. of the West Indies, St. magazine format for a general and international Augustine, Trinidad, West Indies. For the ADS: readership. Published by Cambridge Univ. Press, Ronald Butters. it Is edited In Cambridge by Tom McArthur. The Registration fee: $30 U.S., in advance or at U.S. and Canadian rate for one year (four issues) the conference. is $18.50 to: Journals Subscriptions Dept., Travel and accommodations: Watch for Cambridge Univ. Press, The Edinburgh Bldg.. future announcements. Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU. England. September 1985 NADS 17.3 Page 7 CALENDAR OF 1985 REGIONAL MEETINGS ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL MEETING in • Program: association with RMMLA, Friday, Oct. 18; Provo. □ ‘Social Class and Grammatical Variance in Utah, Excelsior Hotel. Charles Chesnutt's The House Behind the BYU will provide transportation from the Salt Cedars.' William G. Pickens, Morehouse Coll. Lake City airport for only $5. Hotel double rooms Zj 'In which: No Longer the Topic in Which are $40. You Keep Quiet About." Michael B. Montgom­ Chair: Fred Tarpley, Dept, of Literature and ery. Univ. of South Carolina, and Guy Bailey. Languages. East Texas State Univ., Commerce. Texas A&M. TX 75428. Regional secretary: Grant W. Smith. □ “Is the Southern Dialect Disappearing?" Ann English Dept., Eastern Washington Univ.. H. Pit t s. Auburn Univ. Cheney, Wash. 99004. ZZ “Evidence for a Virginia Plantation Creole?’ • 10:15-11:45 a.m. Program: Michael I. Miller, Chicago State Univ. □ "A Preliminary Report on the Intermountain □ “Implications of West African Languages in Language Survey: Salt Lake Valley Teenage Gullah Poetry." Virginia Geraty, Coll, of Charles­ English,' Marianna Di Paolo, Univ. of Utah. ton. This paper will report on the first stage and the MIDWEST REGIONAL MEETING in associa­ long-term goals of the Intermountain Language tion with MMLA, Thursday, Nov. 7; St. Louis. Survey, a sociollnguistic study based at the Univer­ Marriott's Pavilion Hotel. sity of Utah. The survey will begin with a study of teenage English In the Salt Lake Valley, with data Chair: Rachel B. Faries, Alton High School, collection and a preliminary analysis scheduled for 2200 College Ave., Alton. IL 62002. Regional completion by fall 1985. This report will discuss the secretary: Donald W. Larmouth, Communication social characteristics of the Informants, the Processes, Univ. of Wisconsin. Green Bay, WI methodology used to collect the data, the primary 54302. phonetic and syntactic variables, and a preliminary • 1:30-5:30 p.m. Program: analysis of one of the variables. □ “The Social Psychology of Language Choice □ “Popular Perceptions of Texas English." in St. Louis: What It Means to Be a ‘Hoosier’ in Gary Underwood, Univ. of Texas, Austin. the Gateway City.” Thomas E. Murray, Ohio □ “Thomas Hardy’s Wessex Dialect." Avis State Univ. Kuwahara Payne, New Mexico State Univ. An extensive study of the phonology, morphology, It is generally thought that Thomas Hardy's Wessex lexicon, and syntax of St. Louis has revealed that dialect reflects poetic license, that his characters although speakers from that city use linguistic forms speak an exaggerated regional form of English for typically associated with all four major dialect areas stylistic literary purposes. This study investigates in the United States—Northern, North and South syntactic and morphological variation In Hardy's Midland, and Southern—the Northern and North novels. In particular, the study compares significant Midland forms are either preferred or perceived as grammatical features in Hardy with the language of “more correct" by the vast majority of speakers. Trad­ the dialect poetry of William Barnes, Hardy's friend itional dialectology would explain these preferences and fellow poet, and with mid-20th century data and perceptions as functions of immigration and collected under the direction of Harold Orton in The settlement patterns, noting that Northern and North Survey of English Dialects (1962-70). Midland states contributed large numbers of resi­ □ “From Bllnky to Blue-John: Updating a 1960 dents to the city during the second half of the 19th Dialect Study.” Jeanette Campbell, East Texas century, and that sizable ethnic populations of State Univ. Germans and Irish, both of which exhibit northern- A luncheon will follow, arranged by Darwin isms in their speech, also migrated to the area at that time. Similarly, sociollnguistic theory would Hayes of Brigham Young University. explain that St. Louis, being a major metropolitan center, can be expected to have higher standards of SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL MEETING in correctness than the surrounding non-urban South association with SAMLA, Oct. 31-Nov. 2; Atlanta, Midland-speaking area. Neither of these explana­ Hyatt Regency. tions, however, goes far enough: both have serious Chair: George Dorrill, 73 University Terrace, flaws when examined closely and are insufficient to Columbia, SC 29201. Regional secretary: explain the prevalent language attitudes in St. Louis. Jeutonne P. Brewer, Dept, of English, Mclver The papier then presents data from subjective reac­ Bldg., Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC tion tests that suggest a psycho-social approach is 27412. Nominating Committee: Mary R. Miller, more appropriate and adequate for understanding Univ. of Maryland; Karl Nicholas, Western the city’s usage patterns. It shows conclusively that the linguistic choices of St. Louisans are heavily Carolina Univ.; Crawford Feagin, chair, Univ. of Influenced by their collective perceptions of what it Virginia, Falls Church Regional Center. means to be and sound like a “hoosier." Page 8 NADS 17.3 September 1985 □ “Regional, Social, and Sexual Distribution of four of these. It also considers their treatment in of Prepositional Constructions in Linguistic current dictionaries and usage guides. Atlas Records: toward/towards. back of/ln back □ “A Study oi Sex-Marked Language." Donald of/behind, off!off of, and (wait) for/on.” Virginia Lance, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. McDavid, Chicago State Univ. The instrument used in this study is an adaptation Among the approximately 800 items investigated of a questionnaire published as Appendix F in in the various regional linguistic atlases are a few Margaret A. Lourie and Nancy Faries Conklin, eds., prepositional constructions, some of which are also A Pluralistic Nation: The Language Issues In the traditional items in usage guides. This paper United States (Newbury House. 1978), p. 431. The examines the regional, social and sexual distribution questionnaire is a list of 21 sentences, 13 of which are hypothesized as being stereo typically female in Advance reservation required! style, 8 male. Students in one of my classes on Amer­ ican dialects suggested several additional sentences ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ as well as changes in wording. We added 5 sentences, FIVE-STAR ANNUAL DINNER including some we thought would be neutral. ADS Mid w e s t R e g io n In two successive years, each student in the dialect class asked two males and two females to fill out the Thursday, November 7 questionnaire. In addition, instead of asking simply 6:30 p.m. which sex the sentence would be associated with, we TONY’S OF ST. LOUIS asked the subjects to indicate on a scale of 1 to 7 how “likely” it was that the sentence would be said, respec­ 826 North Broadway, St. Louis tively, by a female and by a male; then the subject By tradition, the dinner has noformal Indicated on a scale of 1 to 7 how formal the sentence program and no speeches. Friends and would be for males and for females. colleagues are welcome. The findings are interesting in two dimensions. The responses by males and females, predictably, Advance reservations are required no were different, though some of the differences hold later than F rid a y , No v e m b e r 1 with some mild surprises. The serendipitous finding is Regional Secretary Donald W. Larmouth, that the sex of the person distributing the question­ Communication Processes, Univ. of naire has a surprisingly strong effect in some cases. Wisconsin, Green Bay WI 54302; tele­ □ “‘Kentuck’ English in the Cutover Region of phone (414) 465-2348 during the day or Wisconsin: Further Notes and Relationship to LANCS Records." D onald W. Larmouth, Univ. (414)435-7993 in the evening. He writes: of Wisconsin, Green Bay. “Tony’s is one of only 11 restaurants in the Settlement of significant numbers of people from United States to receive the Mobil Guide’s Kentucky in the cutover region of northeastern highest rating (five stars). The menu offers a Wisconsin at the turn of the century created a pocket wide selection, including veal marsala with of South Midland speech patterns, some features of WILD MUSHROOMS. LINGUINE CON PESCE. VEAL which were reported at the 1981 Midwest Regional PIEMONTESE, ROASTED QUAIL, RED SCAMPI frORl ADS meeting by Larmouth and Remslng. Since that the Adriatic, etc. Pasta dishes start at $5.50; presentation, the field data were compared to the seafood, chicken, and veal entrees start at field notes in the Linguistic Atlas of the North Central States at the University of Chicago. This comparison $13.50. Tony's also has an exceptional wine was facilitated by the fact that we had good informa­ selection and spectacular antipasti. tion on the counties of origin for migrants to the “Tony's is located about eight blocks from cutover region, and the LANCS records largely the convention hotel. It’s a short ride, but some corroborate the assertion that features still present members will be driving to St. Louis and can in that region reflect its migration history. Some provide transportation. Vigorous members features, however, which were initially presumed to might wish to walk Instead. The manager has be distinctive to the cutover region turned out to be asked that we arrive at 6:30 so that everyone more widely attested in the 1940 Wisconsin field can be seated by 7:00. notes gathered by Cassidy, which show significant groupings of'Kentuck' features along the Mississippi “I'm worried about advance reservations. River. In addition, examination of the LANCS mate­ People have been lackadaisical about reserva­ rials suggested a number of items for follow-up tions over the past couple of years, and we have fieldwork, the results of which are also included in been lucky that restaurants have been able to this presentation. accommodate last-minute changes. However, □ “The Iowa Northern-Midland Boundary Revi­ the management at Tony's doesn’t usually take sited: A Computerized and Structural Analysis.’ reservations, and they are doing us a favor by Charles Houck, Ball State Univ. agreeing to the arrangements we have pro­ In order to demonstrate the need for greater use of posed." more complicated statistical procedures and computing techniques, I used the Checklists from September 1985 NADS 17.3 Page 9 the Iowa portion of LAUM in my dissertation (Iowa. SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL MEETING in 1969). This study refuted Allen’s (1952, 1958. 1964) association with SCMLA, Friday, Nov. 8: Tulsa. claim that the strong Northern-Midland contrast Okla., Westln Hotel. found east of the Alleghenies Is maintained In Iowa, especially If based on the incidence of Northern and Chair: Mackle Blanton, English Dept., Unlv. of Midland lexical terms. My study showed that the Inci­ New Orleans-Lake Front, New Orleans. LA dence of Northern and Midland lexical terms among 70148. Regional secretary: Scott Baird, English Iowan Checklist respondents was statistically equal. Dept., Trinity Unlv., Box 105, 715 Stadium Dr.. Allen (1973), however, while recognizing my San Antonio, Tex. 78284. “approach having value for studying a transitional • 6:00-7:30 p.m. SCMLA Session 44. Studio zone,' rejected my findings and claimed that “the so- 304. called traditional school rests Its conclusions upon the distribution of language features per se irrespec­ □ “Inventiveness in College Slang." Paul tive of their frequency In the speech of a given infor­ Gilmer, Unlv. of Texas, Austin (25 min.). mant.’ He reaffirmed this rejection in his monograph The study of slang reveals severed types of word on Regional Dialects, 1945-1974 (1977). Because my formation, or inventive processes. These include dissertation used only the Checklists, I propose in rhyme formation, analogy, clipping, blending, this study to analyze the 53 Field Records In the Iowa acronyms and sill Iteration, as well as semantic shifts. portion of LAUM with the latest computer techniques In a college setting, slang arises from the sociolln- and statistical procedures. I believe the study will guistlc necessity for new vocabulary. From 1981 to definitively establish whether the incidence of 1985, I Investigated slang used by undergraduates at Northern and Midland lexical terms can be used to the University of Texas, Austin, and discovered such support the claim of a strong Northern-Midland examples as “quack shack” for “Health Center.’ dialect contrast in Iowa. showing rhyme formation, or examples of lexical compounding, such as “commode hugging' for □ “Dialect Divisions in Missouri." Rachel “drunk” or “sausage nigger" for a person of German Faries and Donald Lance, Alton High School ancestry. and Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Respondent to be announced (15 min.). This paper analyzes data from a dissertation by Faries, A Word Geography oj Missouri. Because of □ “A Preliminary Sociollnguistlc Study of /V the complex settlement pattern In Missouri, one and /e/ in Tulsa Speech.” Kate Mey ers, Univ. of finds tendencies toward regionalism rather than Tulsa (25 min.). clear bundles of lsoglosses that set off distinct Using Labov’s study of social stratification in New regions. In order to get a better picture of regional York City department stores as a model, I have tendencies, the authors devised a formula that can conducted a preliminary study of Tulsa speech to measure the relative strength of terms that have been determine evidence of a sound change in progress. shown to have Inland North, North Midland, Statistical results for let In word-final position follow Northern (N+NM), Midland (NM + SM), South a Labovlan curvilinear pattern for sound change. Midland, Coastal Southern (S), and Southern This unusual feature of Tulsa speech makes the area (S + SM) distributions in earlier studies, notably fertile ground for further sociollnguistlc study. Hans Kurath’s Word Geography. When county-by­ Respondent: Bruce Southard, Oklahoma county analyses of the data are placed on maps, the State Unlv. (15 min.). results show clear regional tendencies, with Coastal □ Business meeting. Southern strength In the Bootheel, South Midland strength in the Ozarks, Southern strength (S + SM) In the lower half of the state and in “Little Dixie” In NEWSPAPER COLLECTION central Missouri, and North Midland strength in the The C.C. Fries collection of clippings from northern and western counties and in the German newspapers In all 48 states during December settlement region that extends from St. Louis up the 1927 will be made available to an Interested Missouri and down the Mississippi. scholar. Fries subscribed to 266 newspapers for □ Business meeting. a month, clipping and marking articles for • 6:30 p.m. Dinner. pronunciation, usage, grammar, vocabulary and (See details In box. Reservations are required opinions on matters of language. DARE has by November 1.) reviewed the collection for lexical items. For information, write Nancy Fries, P.O. Box CORRECTION: Allen Walker Read’s honorary 310, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858. Doctorate of Humane Letters in May was awarded by the Institution which awarded him THOMAS CREAMER was author of the talk on the B.A. 60 years ago, the University of Northern “Shuowen Jeizi: The ‘First’ Chinese Dictionary" Iowa. With two honorary doctorates (Audrey at the DSNA-ADS meeting In Ann Arbor In Duckert observes), Read now exemplifies a August. His name was Inadvertently omitted paradox. from the program In NADS 17.2 (p. 4). Page 10______NADS 17.3______Septem ber 1985 IN MEMORIAM: RAVEN I. McDAVID, JR. (The morning session of this year's ADS 1984 after he had delivered the keynote address Annual Meeting will be dedicated to the on the history of American dialectology at an memory of Raven I. McDavld, Jr. It will be held international conference In Canada that meets in the Fellows' Lounge of the Newberry Library, every three years called “Methods in Dialectol­ where McDavld was jor many years a regular ogy." The text read “We missed you at Methods at the Wednesday afternoon seminars, and V; see you at Methods VI." This, alas, will no where he led a seminar on language and the longer be possible. law in the week before he died. The following Raven Ioor McDavld, Jr. was bom In Green­ tribute to him is reprinted by permission, with ville, S.C., on October 16, 1911. He grew up in thanks to the author and Manfred Gorlach, what he Ironically called “a tradition of mutual editor of the Journal in which it appeared: respect In the reactionary south.” Although he English World-Wide 5.2 (1984] 235-237.) did poorly In English In the public schools, by When the unbelievable news reached me that 1931, when he graduated from Greenville’s Raven McDavld had died of a heart attack on the Furman University, he had earned a degree in It. morning of Oct. 21, 1984,1 was truly speechless. (His lifelong contact with his first university has I knew that Raven had had health problems, but always been so close that his substantial profes­ when 1 last saw him in early 1983 he felt good sional library will now go there.) In graduate and he looked good. And he was full of vigor and school at Duke University In North Carolina, he had many plans In connection with his various specialized in Milton and received his M.A. in Linguistic Atlases, two of which he had Inherited 1933 and his Ph.D. in 1935 with a dissertation from his deceased colleagues Albert H. on “Milton as a Political Thinker.” Marckwardt and William R. Van Riper. A few The following year, McDavld taught at a months before his death. Raven had received military college In Charleston, the Citadel, whose another substantial grant from the National president ordered him to a summer school to Endowment for the Humanities towards the refresh himself in teaching methods and in completion of his life’s work. The Linguistic elocution. Instead McDavid attended the (sec­ Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States ond) Linguistic Institute at the University of (1980 ff.). The microfilming of the original field Michigan in the summer of 1937, where Bernard records of this Atlas had been completed with Bloch, one of the fleldworkers on Kurath's the exception of parts of South Carolina and the Linguistic Atlas of New England, discovered In whole of Georgia; he had received money, mate­ him a talent for phonetics. He lost his job at the rial and services from his university for the Citadel and at the height of the depression he copying of the 13,000 unphotographable Georgia had short teaching assignments at various carbons—the original field records from that institutions. In 1940, at a conference on non- area had been lost—: and he had several hundred English dialects In Ann Arbor, McDavld met pages of the Handbook to accompany his Atlas Kurath for the first time. The only fieldworker ready for submission to the Press. The last word Kurath was able to support then, Guy S. I had from Raven was a postcard in late July. Lowman, Jr., died In a car accident a year later, but a month before his death Kurath had turned PETER TAMONY 1902-1985 to McDavld to supplement Lowman’s Investiga­ Members of ADS have been deeply saddened by tions. the death of Peter Tamony on July 24, 1985. For Yet when the United States went to war In many decades his rich collections on American 1942, McDavid was also called upon to do war- colloquialisms, particularly In the areas of sports related work. It was then that he studied and jazz music, have been legendary, and he was Burmese, produced an Italian language course, generous (as I can myself attest) In helping other and collaborated with Charles Hockett on a scholars. Good material about him Is found In Dictionary of Spoken Chinese, activities with his Festschrift, In Maledlcta, No. VII (1983), which his name Is hardly associated anymore including a checklist of his articles, assembled by Archie Green. Many of them appeared In his today. From 1945 to 1950 McDavld did fieldwork, own personally hectographed serial. first on the Atlantic seaboard and then In the Americanisms: Content and Continuum, in 34 north central states. The Interviews lasted eight numbers, a valuable source for those fortunate hours each on the average; McDavld conducted enough to have copies. His was a life dedicated over 500! During these years he also corres­ to the sound study of the American English vocabulary. ponded actively with H.L. Mencken, to whom he sent information of linguistic interest. When —Allen Walker Read September 1985 NADS 17.3 P age 11 Mencken had the first of a series ot strokes in McDavld, herself a distinguished dlalectologist. 1948 that terminated his writing career, he As is only natural for a leading scholar in his entrusted to McDavld the difficult task of field, McDavld met with opposition—mainly from producing an abridged and updated edlltlon of certain sociolinguists and creolists. He was his influential work The American Language particularly bitter about their sweeping generali­ (1919, fourth ed. 1936) plus Supplement One zations on American English on the basis of (1945) and Supplement Two (1948). When the insufficient data. They largely ignore(d) the new edition came out In 1963, It became clear masses of data collected by the Linguistic that McDavld had executed this task admirably. Atlases. McDavid saw linguistic fashions come The book has been reprinted five times. and go. He always stuck to his primary purpose, In 1952 McDavid found a regular teaching i.e. the collection and honest evaluation of position at Western Reserve University in Cleve­ linguistic data. And it must be said to Raven’s land, Ohio, and five years later he moved to the credit that he found it only natural to re-examine University of Chicago, where he was promoted to the data should his conclusions have been a full professorship in English and linguistics on incomplete. His main aim was to come nearer to account of his 900-page “abridgement" of the truth and not to side with those who defend Mencken’s work. McDavid retired from this post a particular theory or hypothesis in the face of in 1978. unreliable or even unfitting linguistic evidence. In a short obituary it is impossible to do justice Despite his many academic and scholarly to Raven’s outstanding achievements. He activities. Raven repeatedly found time to serve published on Old English literature, on the Old as election judge, registrar, and canvasser. His English language and on many diachronic public honors, naturally, were many. He received aspects of English but is, of course, best known the David Russell Award for Distinguished for his work on regional and social varieties of Research from the National Council of Teachers English, especially American English. Among his of English (1969), honorary degrees of Lift.D. by truly impressive record of about 500 publications Furman University (1966) and Duke University I must single out the following books: The (1972), membership in Phi Beta Kappa (Duke, Pronunciation oj English in the Atlantic States 1975) and was awarded an honorary Ph.D. (written jointly with Hans Kurath 1961, repr. degree by the Sorbonne in early 1983. 1982); Lexicography in English (edited with Undoubtedly, Raven McDavid’s death means a Audrey R. Duckert 1973, now a standard text on great loss to the profession and a great personal dictionary making); two collections of essays loss to his many friends world wide. I mourn over entitled Dialects in Culture (1979) and Varieties a distinguished scholar and a good friend to of American English (1980); and—with Walter whom I owe a great deal. Blair—The Mirth oj a Nation: America's Great — Wolfgang Viereck Dialect Humor (1983). Not infrequently, Raven Bamberg published together with his wife Virginia Glenn DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS, SEPTEMBER 1985 In addition to the 495 Individuals listed here, about 300 institutions belong to the ADS. Updated mailing labels and lists are available from the Executive Secretary, free for ADS mailings and at a reasonable fee for other purposes of benefit to members. 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Los Alamos NM 87544 tDUCKERT, Audrey R., One Maplewood Terrace, Hadley MA 01035 (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst) DORMULLER, Urs, English Seminar, Univ. of Bern. GesellschaftsstraSe 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland DUSSERE, David, 120 Fillmore, Petersburg VA 23803 EAGLESON, Robert D., Dept, of English, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney N.S.W. 2006, Australia EBLE, Connie C., English Dept., Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 27514 EDWARDS, Walter F., English Dept., Wayne State Univ., Detroit Ml 48202 EICHHOFF, Jurgen, Dept, of German, 838 Van Hise Hall. 1220 Linden Drive. Madison Wl 53706 Page 14 NADS 17.3 September 1985 ELLBERCER, Simon, 8 Briarwood Court, Camp Hill PA 17011 ENNINCER, Werner, Am Krusen 8, D43 Essen 15, West Germany (Univ. Essen) ESCURE, Genevieve, Dept, of English, Lind Hall, Univ. of Minnesota, 207 Church St. S E.. Minneapolis MN 55455 ESKIN, Eden Force, 237 East 20 St. Apt. 6H. New York NY 10003 EVANS, William, English Dept., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge LA 70803 FARIES, Rachel B., 3 Monterey PI., Alton IL 62002 (Alton High School) FEAGIN, Crawford, 2312 North Upton St.. Arlington VA 22207 (Univ. of Virginia, Falls Church Regional Center) 4FEHL, Alfred P., Route 3 Box 100, Smithsburg MD 21783 (Hagerstown Jr. Coll., emeritus) FERNANDEZ, Joseph A., Dept, of Foreign Languages and Literatures, East Carolina Univ., Greenville NC 27834 FERNANDEZ, Roberto G., Dept, of Modern Languages, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee FL 32306 FERRARO, Susan, 107 Woodcrest Ave., White Plains NY 10604 FINEGAN, Edward, Dept, of Linguistics, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 90089 FLANIGAN, Beverly O., Dept, of Linguistics, Ohio Univ., Athens OH 45701 FLEXNER, Stuart Berg, Reference Dept., Random House, 201 East 50th St., New York NY 10022 FLINT, Jane Appleby, 118 Palm Drive, St. Simons Island GA 31522 FLYNN, Margaret, 27 Yacht Club Cove, Staten Island NY 10308 (Brooklyn Coll. CUNY) FOLEY, Lawrence M., English Dept., James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg VA 22807 FORGUE, Guy Jean, CRECINA, 5 rue de I'Ecole de Medecine, 75006 Paris, France FORTINSKY, Jerome S., 190 East 72nd St. Apt. 30A, New York NY 10021 FOSCUE, Virginia Oden, P.O. Box 3101, Tuscaloosa AL 35404 (Univ. of Alabama) FOUGHT, John, Linguistics Dept., 609 Williams Hall CU, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104 FRANCIS, W. Nelson, Linguistics, Brown Univ., Box E, Providence Rl 02912 FRAZER, Timothy C., Dept, of English, Western Illinois Univ., Macomb IL 61455 FRIES, Peter H., P.O. Box 310, Mt. Pleasant Ml 48858 (Central Michigan Univ.) FRITTS, David C., 1 Community Dr. Apt. 508, Athens OH 45701 FROMKIN, Victoria A., Graduate Division, UCLA, Los Angeles CA 90024 FUTRELL, Al, 221 N. Clifton Ave. No. 14, Louisville KY 40206 (Univ. of Louisville) GABROV§EK, Du$an, Titova 85, 61000 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia GATES, J. Edward, 330 South 22nd St., Terre Haute IN 47803 (Indiana State Univ.) GAWN, James D., 321 Nevin St., Lancaster PA 17603 GAWTHROP, Betty G., Purdue Univ. Calumet, Hammond IN 46323 GILBERT, Glenn G., R.R. 4 - Union Hill, Carbondale IL 62901 (Southern Illinois Univ.) ’GILMER, Paul, Dept, of Linguistics, Univ. of Texas, Austin TX 78712 GINGISS, Peter J,, Dept, of English, Univ. of Houston, Houston TX 77004 GLOWKA, Arthur W,, Dept, of English and Speech, Georgia Coll., Milledgeville GA 31061 GRANGER, Byrd Howell, Box 843, Carefree AZ 85377 GREEN, Archie, 224 Caselli Ave., San Francisco CA 94114 GREEN, Eugene, 15 Russell St., Brookline MA 02146 GREGG, R.J., Dept, of Linguistics, Univ. of British Columbia, 2075 Wesbrook PL, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5, Canada GRIFFIN, Pamela J., 307 Lynda, Carbondale IL 62901 +GUNN, John, English Dept., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney N.S.W. 2006, Australia GUNTER, Richard, English Dept, Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208 GURALNIK, David B., Simon & Schuster, Citizens Bldg. Suite 306, 850 Euclid Ave., Cleveland OH 44114 HABICK, Timothy, 116 Laurel Ave., Cheltenham PA 19012 (Temple Univ.) HALL, Joan H„ 2724 Regent St., Madison Wl 53705 (DARE) HALL, Joseph S., 3174 Calle Osuna, Oceanside CA 92054 (Pasadena City Coll., emeritus) HAND, Wayland D., 716 Courtland St., Venice CA 90291 (Univ. of California, Los Angeles) HANDSCOMBE, R.J., Dept, of English, Glendon Coll., York Univ., 2275 Bayview Ave., Toronto, Ont. M4N 3M6, Canada HARDER, Kelsie B., English Dept., State Univ. Coll., Potsdam NY 13676 HARRIS, Barbara P., 1004 Terrace Ave., Victoria, B.C. V8S 3V3, Canada (Univ. of Victoria) HARRIS, Dolores R., American Heritage Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1 Beacon St., Boston MA 02108 HARTMAN, James W., English Dept., 3116 Wescoe Hall, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence KS 66045 HASSELL, J.W., Jr., 133 Valleywood Dr., Athens GA 30606 4HATTERY, Carl M., 13809 Brandywine Rd., Brandywine MD 20613 HAUGEN, Einar, 45 Larch Circle, Belmont MA 02178 (Harvard Univ., emeritus) HAUSMANN, Robert B., Linguistics, Univ. of Montana, Missoula MT 59812 4HAYAKAWA, S.I., Box 100, Mill Valley CA 94942 HAYES, Darwin L., English Dept., A-286 JKBA, Brigham Young Univ., Provo UT 84602 HEAP, Norman A., Communication and Theatre Dept., Trenton State Coll., Hillwood Lakes, P.O. Box 940, Trenton NJ 08625 HEFLIN, Woodford A., 3400 Dartmouth Circle, Montgomery AL 36111 (Air Univ., emeritus) HENDRIE, Timothy, Gage Publishing, 164 Commander Blvd., Agincourt, Ontario MIS 3C7, Canada HERBERT, Robert K., Linguistics Program, State Univ. of New York, Binghamton NY 13901 HETHERINGTON, Mary S., English Dept., The Coll, of Charleston, Charleston SC 29424 September 1985 NADS 17.3 Page 15 HILL, Archibald A., 3403 Mt. Bonnell Dr., Austin TX 78731 (Univ. of Texas) HINES, Carole Phillips, Dept, of English, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk VA 23508 HINKLE, James, English Dept., San Diego State Univ., San Diego CA 92182 HIRSHBERC, Jeffrey, 390 Brantwood, Snyder NY 14226 HOAD, T.F., St. Peter's Coll., Oxford 0X1 2DL, England HOCKETT, Charles F., 145 North Sunset Drive, Ithaca NY 14850 (Cornell Univ., emeritus) HOFFER, Bates L., Dept, of English, Box 165, Trinity Univ., San Antonio TX 78284 HOFFMAN, Melvin J., Dept, of English, State Univ. Coll., 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo NY 14222 HOLM, John A., 117 W. 13th St. Apt 34, New York NY 10011 (Hunter Coll. CUNY) HOMA, Harold, 280 Riverside Dr. Apt. 6H, New York NY 10025 HOPKINS, Tometro, Dept, of English, Florida International Univ., Tamiami Campus, Miami FL 33199 HOPPE, Ralph, English Dept., Concordia Coll., Moorhead MN 56560 tHORN, Thomas D., Dept, of Curriculum and Instruction, Univ. of Texas, Austin TX 78712 HORNER, Winifred B., 11 South Glenwood, Columbia MO 65201 (Univ. of Missouri) HOUCHIN, Thomas D., St. John's Univ., 300 Howard Ave., Staten Island NY 10301 HOUCK, Charles L., Dept, of English, Ball State Univ., Muncie IN 47306 HOUSE, Anthony B., 1100 Lincoln Road, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 4X2, Canada (Univ. of New Brunswick) HOWARD, Martha C., 360 Mulberry St., Morgantown WV 26505 HOWE, Nicholas, 27 West 75th St., New York NY 10023 HOWELL, Edgar C., IV, Ackerstr. 49, 5060 Bergisch-Gladbach 1, West Germany HOWLETT, C.R., 72 Curzon St., Reading, Berks. RG3 IDA, England HOWREN, Robert, Route 3 Box 608, Hillsborough NC 27278 (Univ. of North Carolina) HOYLE, Susan M., 5213 Portsmouth Road, Bethesda MD 20816 HUFFINES, Marion Lois, Dept, of Modem Languages, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg Pa 17837 HULL, Alexander, Dept, of Romance Languages, Duke Univ., Durham NC 27706 IRW IN, Betty J., English Dept., Park Hall, Univ. of Georgia, Athens GA 30602 IVERSON, Gregory K., Dept, of Linguistics, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City IA 52242 JACKMAN, Walter M., 535 West 113th St., New York NY 10025 JAFFE, Hilda, 505 C St., New Bern NC 28560 JAVOR, George, Dept, of Foreign Languages, Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette Ml 49855 JEUDA, David M., Dept, of Spanish and Classics, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824 JOCHNOWITZ, George, 54 East 8th St., New York NY 10003 (Coll, of Staten Island, Sunnyside Campus) JOHNSON, Edith Trager, 951 Cocopah Drive, Santa Barbara CA 93110 (San Jose State Univ., emerita) tJOHNSON, Falk S., 7624 Maple St., Morton Grove IL 60053 (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, emeritus) JOHNSON, Quentin G., English Dept., Ross Hall, Iowa State Univ., Ames IA 50011 JOHNSTON, Paul A., Jr., Dept, of English Language and Literature, National Univ. of Singapore, Kent Ridge, 0511 Singapore JONES, Morgan E., 6 Lincoln Place, New Paltz NY 12561 JONES-JACKSON, Patricia, Dept, of English, Howard Univ., Washington DC 20059 JUSTICE, David, Merriam-Webster Inc., 47 Federal St., P.O. Box 281, Springfield MA01102 KALIBABKY, Mike, The Hibbing Historical Society, 3614 - 4th Ave. West, Hibbing MN 55746 KAO, George, 5004 Orleans Court, Kensington MD 20895 KATO, Kazuo, Iwate Medical Univ., 16-1 Honcho-dori 3-chome, Morioka-shi 020 Japan KAWAKAMI, Michio, 74-170 Fukumen, Ohno-machi, Saiki-gun, Hiroshima-ken 739-04 Japan KAYE, Alan S„ Dept, of Linguistics, California State Univ., Fullerton CA 92634 KENNEY, Michael, Editorial Writer, Boston Globe, Boston MA 02107 KENNY, J.B., 309 Monterey Road, S. Pasadena CA 91030 ♦KEY, Mary Ritchie, Program in Linguistics, Univ of California, Irvine CA 92717 KING, Ruth, Dept, of Langs., Literatures and Linguistics, York Univ., 4700 Keele St., Downsview, Ont. M3J 1 P3, Canada KINGSBURY, Stewart A., Dept, of English, Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette Ml 49855 KINLOCH, A. Murray, Dept, of English, Univ. of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, N.B. 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KONTRA, Miklbs, Linguistics Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1250 Budapest, P.O.B. 19, Hungary KOYKKA, Thomas V., 1255 Oakridge Drive, Cleveland Heights OH 44121 KRAHN, Albert E., Milwaukee Area Technical Coll., 1015 North 6th St., Milwaukee Wl 53203 KRETZSCHMAR, William A., Jr., English Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater Wl 53190 KRIPKE, Madeline, 317 West 11th St., New York NY 10014 KRUCK, William E., Dept, of Linguistics, Dey Hall 014-A, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 27514 KUHN, Sherman M., 225 Buena Vista, Ann Arbor Ml 48103 (Univ. of Michigan, emeritus) Page 16 NADS 17.3 September 1985 tKURATH, Hans. 1125 Spring St., Ann Arbor Mi 48103 (Univ of Michigan, emeritus) KUYA, Takao, Dept, of English, Seinan Univ., Nishijin 6-2-92 Sawaraku, Fukuoka, Japan tKYTE, Elinor C., 1230 Saturn Way, Flagstaff AZ 86001 (Northern Arizona Univ., emeritus) LABOV, William, 204 N. 35th St., Philadelphia Pa 19104 (Univ. of Pennsylvania) LAMB, Anthony, Foreign Languages Dept., Purdue Univ., Calumet Campus, Hammond IN 46323 LANCE, Donald M., Dept, of English, 231 Arts & Sciences Bldg., Univ. of Missouri, Columbia MO 65211 LANDAU, Sidney, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Publishers, 605 Third Ave., New York NY 10158 LARMOUTH, Donald W., Communication Processes, Univ. of Wisconsin, Green Bay Wl 54302 LARSEN, Eric V., 400 W. 119th St. No. 5F, New York NY 10027 (Columbia Univ.) 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MacLEISH, Andrew, Dept, of English, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55455 MacPHERSON, William H., 10 Denmark Lane, Jackson NJ 08527 MACHONIS, Peter A., Dept, of Modern Languages, Florida International Univ., Tamiami Campus, Miami FL 33199 MALMSTROM, Jean, 1324 Long Road, Kalamazoo Ml 49008 MARKLEY, Richard, Dept, of Linguistics, California State Univ., Fresno CA 93740 MARTIN, Charles B., Dept, of English, North Texas State Univ., Denton TX 76203 “ MARTINET, Thomas A., 501 E. McWilliams Ave., Las Vegas NV 89101 (Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas) MATTESON, Marianna Merritt, Dept, of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Washington State Univ., Pullman WA 99164 MAYNOR, Natalie, Dept, of English, Mississippi State Univ., Drawer E, Mississippi State MS 39762 McDANIEL, Susan Leas, 1141 Monroe Dr. N.E., Atlanta GA 30306 (Emory Univ.) tMcDAVID, Virginia G., 5736 S. 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MISH, Frederic C., Merriam-Webster Inc., 47 Federal St., P.O. 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NICOLAISEN, Wilhelm F.H., Dept, of English, State Univ. of New York, Binghamton NY 13901 NIEDZIELSKI, Henry, Dept, of European Languages, Univ. of Hawaii, 1890 East-West Road, Honolulu HI 96822 NUESSEL, Frank, Modern Languages, Univ. of Louisville, Louisville KY 40292 NYGARD, Holger O., English Dept., Duke Univ., Durham NC 27706 ‘NYLVEK, Judith A., 2434 Sutton Rd., Victoria B.C. V8N 1J2, Canada (Univ. of Victoria) OBRECHT, Dean H., Lang. & Ling. Dept., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester NY 14627 ODEAN, Kathleen, 554 Woodmont Ave., Berkeley CA 94708 O'HEARN, Carolyn, Dept, of English, Univ. of Texas, El Paso TX 79968 OISHI, Itsuo, 7 Saruhashi-machi, Otsuki-shi, Yamanashi-ken 409-06 Japan ORD, Priscilla A., Route 9 Box 511-E, Carlisle PA 17013 (Shippensburg Univ.) ORNSTEIN-GALICIA, Jacob L., Dept, of Linguistics, Univ. of Texas, El Paso TX 79968 OROSZ, Robert A., 3004 W. 6th St., Greeley CO 80631 OSTLING, Gerald, 13918 E. Giordano St., La Puente CA 91746 PAIKEDAY, Thomas M., N.Y. 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Beaumont Rd., Columbus O H 43214 (Ohio State Univ.) DARE ASKS HELP WITH OBSCURE D -J’S Though Vol. I of DARE Is now out, with ABC jack out—Another Black usage: to fight very words and phrases, we are keeping a file of new actively; Memphis, Tennessee, a young woman. data on them. Vol. II (D through J) Is now the Jack has a multitude of senses: this was found chief focus, but all possibly usable evidence Is only once. welcome. Please communicate with Prof. F.G. leaning toward Jones's—Out of plumb, Cassidy. Dictionary of American Regional tipping sidewise: used by an auctioneer (Lancas­ English, 6125 Helen White Hall, 600 North Park ter, Pennsylvania, early 1960s) In referring to a St.. Madison. WI 53706. wardrobe lacking a caster. Jones was apparently crazy ace—A dice game played at a bar: the not a specific or Identifiable person. Is this first to throw an ace names a drink, the second known elsewhere? pays for it, and the third drinks It. Surprisingly, we have found this only in Wisconsin. Is it played PUBLICATION UPDATE elsewhere? Volume I o f the declare poor law—To declare bankruptcy: DICTIONARY OF reported 1970 from Chatham, Virginia. Is this AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH legal language, perhaps archaic, or strictly folk Edited by F.G. Cassidy usage? Sponsored by the American Dialect Society deece—To run fast; 1909 In Dialect Notes was published by Belknap Press of (3.420) ‘Used among boys* on Cape Cod. Could HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS it possibly still be In use? in September 1985 dim! or demi—A stone the size of a man's head. accompanied by appropriate fanfare In the N.Y. Reported 1968 from Newburgh. N.Y., by a 56- Times Magazine, the Associated Press wire, year-old white policeman. Does anyone else USA Today, Newsweek, Time, etc. recognize this? The first edition of4,000 copies Is now nearly dero—A kind of candy, usually one Inch by one exhausted (as Is Editor Fred Cassidy, after a and a half inches, filled with peanut butter; said month of interviews), and a second printing to be old-fashioned. Can anyone explain the (with corrections) Is scheduled. word? Regular price only $60 did she cackle—A game reported 1905 In SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE $49.95 Dialect Notes (3.72) from northwest Arkansas (Until December 31) and said to be ‘common*' at that time. Does To order: Send check or money order for anyone recall the game or how It was played? $49.95 plus $1.50 postage and handling to: face bowl—A washbowl or basin. This was Harvard University Press, 79 Garden Street, picked up by field workers In Massachusetts and Cambridge. MA 02138-9983. Visa and Master­ Hawaii. (Perhaps introduced to Hawaii by the Card honored—give card number, expiration New England missionaries?) Is It In use else­ date, and signature. Credit card orders may where? also be placed by telephone: (617) 495-2577. faint-out—As a noun: a feeling of weakness or SPECIAL SUPER DISCOUNT faintness. Prom two Informants only: Oklahoma At professional meetings this fall where It (Watova) and South Carolina (Cheraw), both old. exhibits or contributes to a joint book exhibit, One would expect this to be used more widely—or Harvard Press will offer attendees an addi­ has/ainting-spell superseded It? tional discount of 20 percent, making the net fail bird—A cricket, presumably from the price only $39.95. sound it makes. Reported once (1967) from Norwalk. Ohio, by an elderly white woman. Is this still known, or in use elsewhere? THE ENTRIES in Vol. I of DARE remain liter­ fall in hell with the wicked—Verb phrase, ally uncounted. To the first member who sends apparently somewhat proverbial, meaning to be him a report of the exact number (don't count victimized. From a black farmer In Clinton. cross references), the Executive Secretary will Louisiana. 1967. offer a reward—and fame on these pages.