Vol. 66 No. 3 (2018)
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Place Names and Enregistered Identity of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

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  • Michael Adams
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00277738.2018.1452885

Published 2018-07-03

Keywords

  • Tolkien,
  • invented languages,
  • character names,
  • phonoprint,
  • author identification,
  • fiction,
  • fantasy
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Abstract

A clever reward system for frequent catalogue shoppers of Zingerman’s – a renowned delicatessen in Ann Arbor, Michigan – uses Michigan place names to indicate spending and reward levels. In favoring those of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP), the item participates in the process of enregistering UP dialect.

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