Speaking Pittsburghese: The Story of a Dialect by Barbara Johnstone

Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

Speaking Pittsburghese: The Story of a Dialect

Barbara Johnstone

266 pages 2013

3 editions

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This book explores the history of Pittsburghese, the language of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area as it is imagined and used by Pittsburghers. Pittburghese is linked to local identity so strongly that it is alluded to almost every time people tal...

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