I've only seen a reference to her 1976 Kansas dissertation, "Phonological Variation in Kansas City: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Three-Generation Families". This was cited in Tivoli Majors' 2005 American Speech article so maybe TM would know more.
Dan
On May 7, 2012, at 8:46 AM, "Cameron, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> A number of years ago while in grad school, I received from Gillian
> Sankoff a one page data set on a study of the English variable (æ)
> before nasal consonants in Kansas City done by Melanie Lusk in, I
> believe, 1980.
>
> I have googled Melanie Lusk but have had no luck tracking her down.
> I've also looked through various journals.
>
> Does anyone on this list know Melanie Lusk or know if she published any
> research on this variable?
>
> Thanks - Richard Cameron
>
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