Date:  Wed, 22 Mar 1995 08:54:11 -0500

From:  "William A. Kretzschmar, Jr." <billk[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ATLAS.UGA.EDU>

Subject: Re: 'see' or 'say'



The changes that Bill Smith asked about are part of what Labov calls the

"Southern Shift". The most recent treatment is in his *Principles of

Linguistic Change*, sv Pattern 4 Chain Shift (pp. 208-218).



Regards, Bill

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