New Fieldwork for DARE
FAIN: PW-51472-13
University of Wisconsin System (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
Joan H. Hall (Project Director: July 2012 to July 2015)
George H. Goebel (Project Director: July 2015 to April 2017)
Funding details:
Original grant (2013) $200,000.00
Supplement (2013) $30,000.00
Supplement (2014) $100,000.00
Development of a Web-based survey instrument and methodology to conduct new fieldwork on American regional English. The survey would include large parts of the original questionnaire used for compiling the "Dictionary of American Regional English" (DARE) plus questions designed to reflect changes since the 1960s. The results of a pilot survey for Wisconsin would be used to adjust the methodology before undertaking nationwide fieldwork.
Publication of Volume V of DARE was a huge milestone, but not the end of the work, for American English has changed greatly in the last 50 years. DARE proposes to initiate new fieldwork, from July 2013 to June 2015, to track those changes. Using Wisconsin as a pilot, the project will develop a web-based survey to gather the data. Based on the results, adjustments will be made to the methodology before a nationwide survey is attempted. The research will include large parts of the original Questionnaire plus questions designed to reflect societal changes since the 1960s. The original 22 DARE communities and 18 new ones, representing the current state population, will be surveyed. The web based survey will be designed by the UW Survey Center. It will also include a telephone interview with free conversation, the reading of a story, and a word list designed to elicit pronunciation variants. DARE will analyze the data and make changes to the methodology before initiating a nationwide study.
Media Coverage
UWSC News... (Media Coverage)
Publication: University of Wisconsin Survey Center Website
Date: 8/20/2013
Abstract: Short blog entry about DARE and the Survey Center's enthusiasm for collaboration on the new pilot survey
URL: http://www.uwsc.wisc.edu/news.php#dare
50-Year Project to Map Regional Speech Goes Digital (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Steve Goss
Publication: WABE 90.1 FM
Date: 11/21/2013
Abstract: Radio Interview with Dr. Hall
URL: http://wabe.org/post/50-year-project-map-regional-speech-goes-digital
In Other Words: State's participation still needed to complete Dictionary of American Regional English reboot (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Ariel Cheung
Publication: Appleton Post-Crescent
Date: 5/27/2014
Abstract: Front-page follow-up article about the Wisconsin pilot survey with information on the deadline extension, how to participate in the survey, and where survey participants are still needed
URL: http://www.postcrescent.com/
The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2014 (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Katy Steinmetz
Publication: TIME
Date: 5/1/2014
Abstract: DARE's Twitter feed chosen as one of the best in the Culture category alongside Stephen King, House of Cards...and the Cancellation Bear.
URL: http://time.com/83438/dare-twitter-feeds-follow-2014/
Soda or Pop? Scholars Plan to Map All of America's Regional English, Again (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Katy Steinmetz
Publication: TIME NewsFeed
Date: 11/6/2013
Abstract: About the history of DARE's first survey, the launch of the Wisconsin pilot survey, and plans to complete a second, updated nationwide survey
URL: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/11/06/soda-or-pop-scholars-plan-to-map-all-of-americas-regional-english-again/
Dictionary of American Regional English Is Getting Updated (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Patty Murray
Publication: Wisconsin Public Radio
Date: 11/6/2013
Abstract: Short piece for WPR News about the pilot survey with a mention of funding by NEH
URL: http://www.wpr.org/dictionary-american-regional-english-getting-updated
Do You Speak Wisconsin? (Media Coverage)
Publication: City of Bayfield, Wisconsin, Website
Date: 8/4/2014
Abstract: Paragraph announces Wisconsin pilot survey and contains links readers can follow to find out more about the survey or participate in it
URL: http://www.cityofbayfield.com
Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) Wisconsin Survey (Media Coverage)
Publication: City of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Website
Date: 8/4/2014
Abstract: Paragraph announces Wisconsin pilot survey and provides links people can follow to read more about the survey or participate in it
URL: http://www.cityoflacrosse.org/
UW restarts work compiling regional colloquialisms (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Josh Hart
Publication: Badger Herald
Date: 11/6/2013
Abstract: Article in UW-Madison student newspaper talks about original DARE fieldwork and launch of Wisconsin pilot survey
URL: http://badgerherald.com/news/2013/11/06/uw-restarts-work-compiling-regional-colloquialisms/#.VBCyhxawTFYhttp://
The Daggum Ol' Dictionary Of American Regional English Is Getting An Update (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Ben Richmond
Publication: Motherboard
Date: 11/26/2013
Abstract: This article discusses the launch of the Wisconsin pilot survey (mentioning NEH funding), as well as the original DARE fieldwork. It also provides a link to Harvard University Press's publicity video about the digital version of DARE.
URL: http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/blog/the-daggum-dictionary-of-american-regional-english-is-getting-an-update
Dictionary of American Regional English reboots for new generation (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Ariel Cheung
Publication: Appleton Post-Crescent
Date: 4/16/2014
Abstract: Article shows local residents filling out the survey, talks about DARE in general, has a link to a quiz, which received over 300,000 hits to date, and reviews Dr. Hall's visit to local libraries to present talks about the new survey
URL: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20140415/APC0101/304150377/Dic
Dictionary of American Regional English returning to the field, virtually (Media Coverage)
Publication: Farm and Dairy.com
Date: 2/24/2014
Abstract: Part of this website's newsfeed
URL: http://www.farmanddairy.com
Dictionary of American Regional English returning to the field, virtually (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jenny Price
Publication: UW–Madison news.wisc.edu
Date: 5/25/2013
Abstract: Press release by UW-Madison Communications for the launch of the Wisconsin pilot survey
URL: http://www.news.wisc.edu/22343
Editor of dictionary on regional English in U.S. to lecture at MUN (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Andrew Robinson
Publication: The Telegram, St. John's, Newfoundland
Date: 9/24/2013
Abstract: About Hall's lecture "From Adam's Housecat to Zydeco — The Vitality of American Regional English." for the George Story Lecture in Humanities at Memorial University in Newfoundland
URL: http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2013-09-24/article-3403385/Di
16 Twitter Accounts for Word Nerds (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Erin McCarthy
Publication: mental_floss
Date: 6/16/2014
Abstract: DARE (incorrectly credited as the Dictionary of American Regional Slang) is number one on a list of sixteen Twitter accounts that can improve word lovers' vocabularies; other Twitter feeds listed include Wordnik, the OED, and the American Dialect Society.
URL: http://mentalfloss.com/article/57307/16-twitter-accounts-word-nerds
Survey looks to record unique local language (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Betsy Bloom
Publication: La Crosse Tribune
Date: 7/27/2014
Abstract: Article describes Wisconsin pilot survey, inviting readers (especially longtime residents of La Crosse, one of DARE's original fieldwork communities) to participate
URL: http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/survey-looks-to-record-unique-local-language/article_9fafd9fc-03d1-5dc4-a94c-ca9944ef3c88.html