Raven I McDavid Jr
Biographic Data
| ID | 10432698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raven I McDavid Jr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raven I |
| FAMILY NAME | McDavid Jr |
| SIGNATURE | JR R I M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Notes on the Pronunciation of Ohio
Francis Lee Utley deserves to be remembered among those who have contributed to our deeper understanding of variety in American English. He was a personal friend of Kurath and Marckwardt and others; he was an advisor and sometimes Dutch uncle to those of us struggling in the field in the decade following World War II; he took the initiative in finding funds for the field work in Ohio and Kentucky; 2 and in the last years of his life he was trying…
Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Geography
Sociolinguistics and linguistic geography should be considered as complementary rather than mutually contradictory approaches to the phenomena of language variation. Linguistic geography is a branch of historical linguistics based on samples of the stable and traditional, and necessarily somewhat biased in the selection of small communities, older informants, and traditional cultures; however, it provides a framework for interpreting studies of v…
Cracker and Hoosier
Planning the Grid
OME TIME AGO, Hans Kurath observed that every selection of facts postulates a theory-though the converse is not necessarily true.1 In discussing the planning of a grid for a linguistic survey, the same observation can be made: whether the survey involves regional or social dialects, the theoretical interests of the investigators will determine the kind of grid-of communities and informants-selected for investigation.2
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Planning the Grid
OME TIME AGO, Hans Kurath observed that every selection of facts postulates a theory-though the converse is not necessarily true.1 In discussing the planning of a grid for a linguistic survey, the same observation can be made: whether the survey involves regional or social dialects, the theoretical interests of the investigators will determine the kind of grid-of communities and informants-selected for investigation.2
Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Geography
Sociolinguistics and linguistic geography should be considered as complementary rather than mutually contradictory approaches to the phenomena of language variation. Linguistic geography is a branch of historical linguistics based on samples of the stable and traditional, and necessarily somewhat biased in the selection of small communities, older informants, and traditional cultures; however, it provides a framework for interpreting studies of v…
Cracker and Hoosier
Notes on the Pronunciation of Ohio
Francis Lee Utley deserves to be remembered among those who have contributed to our deeper understanding of variety in American English. He was a personal friend of Kurath and Marckwardt and others; he was an advisor and sometimes Dutch uncle to those of us struggling in the field in the decade following World War II; he took the initiative in finding funds for the field work in Ohio and Kentucky; 2 and in the last years of his life he was trying…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Applied linguistics (1 work) · Chemistry (1 work) · Cognitive and psychological constructs research (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Criticism (1 work) · Cultural geography (1 work) · Free Will and Agency (1 work)