Date:  Sun, 13 Mar 1994 14:46:37 -0600

From:  mftcf[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU

Subject: Re: Actors & Accent



Someone mentioned the way l"earl dialect" focuses on salient features

that people are familiar with. See the c. 1940 film "Sargeant York"

with Gary Cooper. Everyone in York's upland Tennessee hometown uses

categorical a-prefixing; i don't believeyou everhear a progressive

without the prefix. If that was ever categorical in Appalachian speech

I'll eat my hat.



Tim Frazer