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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786647903321

Titolo

Language variety in the South revisited / / edited by Cynthia Bernstein, Thomas Nunnally, Robin Sabino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1997

ISBN

0-8173-8663-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 641 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

SabinoRobin

NunnallyThomas

BernsteinCynthia Goldin <1947->

Disciplina

427/.975

Soggetti

Americanisms - Southern States

Black English - Southern States

Languages in contact - Southern States

English language - Dialects - Southern States

African Americans - Southern States - Languages

English language - Social aspects - Southern States

English language - Southern States - Foreign elements

English language - Variation - Southern States

English language - Southern States

Southern States Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [574]-613) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Language Variety in the South Revisited is a comprehensive collection of new research on southern United States English by foremost scholars of regional language variation. Like its predecessor, Language Variety in the South: Perspectives in Black and White (The University of Alabama Press, 1986), this book includes current research into African American vernacular English, but it greatly expands the scope of investigation and offers an extensive assessment of the field. The volume encompasses studies of contact involving African and European languages; analyses of discourse, pragmatic, lexical, phonological, and syntactic features; and evaluations of methods of collecting and



examining data. The 38 essays not only offer a wealth of information about southern language varieties but also serve as models for regional linguistic investigation.