Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:27:54 -0600

From: Rick Arons RARONS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TINY.COMPUTING.CSBSJU.EDU

Subject: Re: A Query



Re: Dialect change. See if Thomason & Kaufman, Language contact, creolization,

and genetic linguistics, has anything for you. It deals with languages, not

dialects, but I'm sure some of the same constructs could apply.



Rick Arons

St. John's University

Collegeville, MN







"You see, ... it's really quite strenuous doing nothing

all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere,

which was just where we were going when you came along."



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