The Misuses and Dangers of Literary Dialect as Linguistic Data. Papers in Linguistics [microform] : 1974-1977: A Collection of M.A. Papers from Students in the Linguistics Department of Northeastern Illinois University / P. W. Petersen.

The dangers and misuses of literary dialect as a source of information for linguistic evaluation are analyzed. "Literary dialect" is used to refer to writing in which the main purpose is the artful construction of a narrative, where the dialect representation is apt to be concerned more wi...

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Main Author:	Petersen, P. W.
Corporate Author:	Northeastern Illinois University. Department of Linguistics
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1978.
Subjects:	Black Dialects. Black Literature. Creoles. Dialect Studies. Language Research. Language Styles. Language Usage. Language Variation. Linguistic Theory. Literary Criticism. Negative Forms (Language) Novels. Sociolinguistics. Syntax. Verbs.