End of ADS-L Digest - 25 May 1994 to 26 May 1994

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There are 18 messages totalling 404 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Textual Dialect & Literacy

 2. Red Rover (6)

 3. Red Rover play action (3)

 4. Ringaleavio/Capture the Flag (4)

 5. Alaska versions of pile and soda

 6. games kids play

 7. Pissed off

 8. Earliest reference to "Mooning"



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Date:  Thu, 26 May 1994 23:22:10 -0400

From:  Clayton Gillespie <CLAYKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DELPHI.COM>

Subject: Textual Dialect & Literacy



Howdy (all?) y'all!



I have two quick (but not especially easy) questions:



 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.)



 2) Does anyone know of work relating literacy to dialect. I am asking

   about literary competence in the home spoken dialect (English or

   non-English) in the U.S.



Thanks for your attention.



- Clayton Gillespie

 Electra Software & Consulting

 clayke[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]delphi.com