I think sometimes I’ll announce it when I add a new book or article to the growing list of things to read, which I keep on it’s own page under “further reading”. My first such announcement is about Language and Lore of the Long Island Indians edited by Carl Masthay and Gaynell Stone, Ph.D.
I am fortunate to have gotten my grubby hands on this book. It’s a fantastic compilation of various articles and lexicon collections that have served to preserve some of what we know about the Southern New England dialects. The edition, revised, that I have is reported to contain “missing parts of manuscripts, and interpretations not known years ago.” Apparently the first edition is credited as to Nancy Bonvillain and Gaynell Stone, Ph.D. while the one I have is edited by Carl Masthay and Stone.
There are articles in it from Cohen, Speck, and others. After having had it a few weeks, I’ve decided it’s a must have.
I found the first edition at archive.org, where you can borrow it library style or a set amount of time. (You can’t download it, though.) I have a physical copy. I don’t care what anyone says: there’s something better for your (and your eyes) with having a pencil in hand so you can write notes in the margin if your own property.
That being said, if you’re trying to collect a mass of information on this topic and related ones the way I am then this is one to get.
