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Handbook of the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States
Who uses "skeeter hawk," "snake doctor," and "dragonfly" to refer to the same insect? Who says "gum band" instead of "rubber band"? The answers can be found in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (LAMSAS), the largest single survey of regional and social differences in spoken American English. It covers the region from New York state to northern Florida and from the coastline to the borders of Ohio and Kentucky. Through interviews with nearly twelve hundred people conducted during the 1930s and 1940s, the LAMSAS mapped regional variations in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation at a time when population movements were more limited than they are today, thus providin...
A New Universal Gazetteer, Containing a Description of the Principal Nations, Empires, Kingdoms, States ...
Includes the population of the United States for 1830, a description of the various Indian tribes in North America.
The New York Teacher
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New York Teacher
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