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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824725803321

Titolo

Language / / Michael Montgomery & Ellen Johnson, volume editors ; designed by Richard Hendel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-4696-1663-7

1-4696-1662-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture ; ; Volume 5

Altri autori (Persone)

MontgomeryMichael <1950-2019.>

JohnsonEllen

HendelRichard

Disciplina

427.973

Soggetti

English language - Southern States

English language - Dialects - Southern States

English language - Variation - Southern States

Southern States Languages Encyclopedias

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Endowment Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--T.p. verso.

"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; General Introduction; Introduction; LANGUAGE IN THE SOUTH; African American English; Afro-Seminole Creole; Algonquian Languages; American Sign Language; Appalachian English; Bahamian English; Caddo; Cajun English; Catawba; Charleston English; Chesapeake Bay English; Conch; Confederate English in Brazil; French; German; Gullah; Immigrant Languages, Recent; Indian Trade Languages; Indigenous Languages, Other; Iroquoian Languages; Jewish Language; Liberian Settler English; Lumbee English; Muskogean Languages; Natchez Language; New Orleans English; Outer Banks English; Ozark English

Siouan LanguagesSpanish; Texas English; Tidewater Virginia Dialect;



Yuchi Language; African American Discourse Features; African American Naming Patterns; Conversation; Creolization; Dictionary of American Regional English; Fixin' to; Folk Speech; Grammar, Changes in; Illiteracy; Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States; Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States; Linguists and Linguistics; Literary Dialect; McDavid, Raven I., Jr.; Narrative; North Carolina Language and Life Project; Oratorical Themes; Perceptions of Southern English; Personal Names; Place-Names; Politeness

Preaching Style, BlackPreaching Style, White; Pronunciation, Changes in; Proverbs; R in Southern English; Randolph, Vance; Southern Drawl; Southern English in Television and Film; Storytelling; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; Toasts and Dozens; Turner, Lorenzo Dow; Vocabulary, Changes in; Y'all; Index of Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 5: Language