Linguistic Atlas of Upper Midwest
Organization
Biography
Dr. Rachel Kilpatrick of the State University of Iowa German department lead a group of students in a study of language across Iowa in the late 1940's and early 1950's. The study was conducted using questionnaires and oral interviews. Called the Linguistic Atlas of the Upper Midwest, it was a part of a larger project entitled the Linguistic Atlas of the United States and Canada. The goal of the study was to enable linguists to trace speech pattern migration, study how dialects spread, and determine the extent of extinction of folk speech.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Iowa Field Records for the Linguistic Atlas of the Upper Midwest
Collection
Identifier: MsC0181
Abstract
Duplicates of field transactions, lexical questionnaires, worksheets, and handwritten notes.
Dates:
1940-1955
Found in:
University of Iowa Special Collections