Language
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Armanis F. Knotts collection
Collection
Identifier: L084
Scope and Contents
The collection contains notes on Native Americans of northwest Indiana, including notes on trails, geography, culture, and language by Armanis Francis Knotts.
Dates:
1971-1975
Robert S. Jones collection
Collection — Folder S2771
Identifier: S2771
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostats of a census list and maps from Robert S. Jones' survey in the Midwest during the 1930s, regarding the speech patterns found in some midwestern states to illustrate the evolution of different "Hoosierisms", or words and phrases used by people in Indiana which differ from dictionary speech patterns. There is also a photostat of a letter from Jones to Caroline Dunn.
Dates:
1930s
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Robert S. Jones collection
Rufus Blanchard, "The Grammatical Tree, Showing the Classification and Properties of English Parts of Speech" lithograph
Collection — Folder OBD041
Identifier: OBD041
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one lithograph depicting the classification and properties of the English language in tree form by Rufus Blanchard, published in 1853.
Dates:
1853
S. A. Furniss papers
Collection — Folder S496
Identifier: S0496
Scope and Contents
This collection includes an autographed notebook from S. A. Furniss in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1888 regarding business letters and grammar.
Dates:
1888 Feb.-1888 Mar.
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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S. A. Furniss papers
