Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 22:26:43 -0500

From: mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: Textual Dialect & Literacy



On Thu, 26 May 1994, Clayton Gillespie wrote:



1) Does anyone know of work that attempts dialectological study on

the basis of textual evidence alone. (I.e. phonology is completely

ignored, and preferably syntactical difference is privileged over

word choice.)



Yes--Norman Eliason, #Tarheel Talk#--pub in 50s? not sure.

CC Fries, #American English Grammar#, 1940s. Both use textual sources,

like letters. I don't remember just how much dialect is in Fries, but it

should be a good source.



Tim Frazer