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