American Regionalisms,
Ethnic and Social Dialects--
The Pacific Coast:
A Citation List
Compiled by
Martin Kich
English Department
Wright State University-Lake Campus
Bradbrooke, W. "California as an English Place Name." Notes and Queries 160(3 Jan. 1931): 14.
Bright, Elizabeth S. A Word Geography of California and Nevada. Berkeley, CA: U of California P, 1971.
DeCamp, David. "The Pronunciation of English in San Francisco." Orbis 7(1958): 372-91; 8(1959): 54-77.
Elliot, T. C. "The Mysterious Oregon." Washington Historical Quarterly 22(Oct. 1931): 289-292.
Hamilton, M. "California Gold-Rush English." American Speech 7(Aug. 1932): 423-433.
Jacobs, M. "Notes on the Structure of Chinook Jargon." Language 8(Mar. 1932): 27-50.
Jones, J. "Street-Names of Palo Alto, California." American Speech 7(Apr. 1932): 273-277.
Pond, F. W. "Language of the California Oil Fields." American Speech 7(Apr. 1932): 261-272.
Reed, David W. "Eastern Dialect Words in California." Publication of the American Dialect Society 21(1954): 3-15.
Simoncini, Forrest. "The San Francisco Italian Dialect: A Study." Orbis 8(1959): 342-54.