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Johnstone, Barbara. 1990. Variation in discourse: midwestern narrative style. American Speech 65 (3) : 195–214. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Duke University Press
ISBN
0003-1283
Annotation
This paper explores the use of highly specific detail in the Midwestern narrative style, and the link with regional folk perceptions about language and language use.