Date:  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 18:37:57 -0800

From:  "Alan S. Kaye" <AKAYE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCVAX.FULLERTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: The great California freeway isogloss revisited



More native speaker data froma southern Californian (who lived in Berkeley

for 4 years, too):



In giving directions, I can say both (free variation?):



Get on (the) 91. Then take (the) 55 into the 405. Gte off at XYZ.



To delete the last 'the' is very, very 'iffy'. (Typo above: 'Get'.)

I can't believe that with 40 yars of TG-GB, etc., all this has not been

studied to death. Come on guys and gals: there has got to be a ton of

publications on this stuff.

--Alan Kaye--

akaye[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]fullerton.edu