End of ADS-L Digest - 26 May 1994 to 27 May 1994 ************************************************ There are 6 messages totalling 153 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Textual Dialect & Literacy (4) 2. Red Rover (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 13:47:10 -0700 From: "Joseph B. Monda" Subject: Re: Textual Dialect & Literacy On Thu, 26 May 1994, Clayton Gillespie wrote: > Howdy (all?) y'all! > > I have two quick (but not especially easy) questions: > > 1) Does anyone know of work that attempts dialectological study on > the basis of textual evidence alone. (I.e. phonology is completely > ignored, and preferably syntactical difference is privileged over > word choice.) The work done on Middle English Dialects by I think Moore, Meech and Markwardt Joe Monda