Gorki and Challapin on dialects and a Kazan cellar tale
The note references Gorki's Twenty six and a Girl recalling a baker’s cellar in Kazan where the author once apprenticed. It mentions a shoemaker nearby and quotes Prof Annette Hopkins who argues that catching sectional speech early is key to teaching dialects.
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Annette B. Hopkins
Goucher College
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