An in-depth exploration of the sound systems of varieties of English around the world, written
by a renowned authority in the field In Sounds of English Worldwide, Raymond Hickey …

This article details a high school English teacher's experiences teaching a semester-long
elective course on linguistics to tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students in Milwaukee …

How do Wisconsin-based descendants of Belgian immigrants–living in a mid-western,
largely white, and mostly rural community–connect a perceived common Belgian ancestry to …

The present sociophonetic study examines the English variety in Michigan's Upper
Peninsula (UP) based upon a 130-speaker sample from Marquette County. The linguistic …

From 1815 to 1914, an estimated 5.5 million German speakers came to the United States,
settling especially in the Midwest. 1 While popular culture tends to portray “German …

Abstract Linguists in the United States are acutely aware of the need to engage the public
about their work in new and better ways. We describe here our effort to take up that …

Distinctive regional varieties of English have only recently emerged in parts of North
America, including Wisconsin, where differences appear to be increasing today. We present …

The present work examines nominal case marking in Wisconsin Heritage German, based on
audio recordings of six speakers made in the late 1940s. Linguistic data provide positive …

New publishing models and increased interest in “popular science” books have converged
to make it increasingly viable for linguists to write language‐based trade books focusing on …

This article investigates whether residents of central Wisconsin perceive language variation
within their state and, if they do, what it looks like according to them. To achieve these aims …