A Walk in the WoRds

I have posted many times in the past about Yoopers, Michigan Slang and Michigan Dialects so I thought I would share this map that appeared ...

As I mentioned yesterday, the difference between code-switching and diglossia is that diglossia is a more intentional changing of dialect du...

There are many ways an individual's dialect can be used as a form of identity. People who speak the Upper Peninsula or "Yooper...

For those Michiganders preparing to travel in Michigan during this holiday week, following are some terms with which you should familiarize ...

Now that I am in Northern Michigan for a good part of the summer, I thought I would return to one of my favorite topics which is the dialect...

Here are some more examples of differences between the dialect found in the Upper Peninsula and the Standard American Dialect: U.P. Dialect ...

One of the first papers I wrote while working on my MA (and one of my favorite subjects still) was about the dialect of English used in the ...