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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827282603321

Autore

Johnson Ellen <1959->

Titolo

Lexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-1990 / / Ellen Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 1996

ISBN

0-8173-8450-2

0-585-17826-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages)

Disciplina

427/.975

Soggetti

English language - Southern States - Lexicology

English language - Variation - Southern States

English language - Dialects - Southern States

Language and culture - Southern States

Americanisms - Southern States

Linguistic change

Southern States Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Collection and Categorization of the Data; The Linguistic Variables and the Interview; The Social and Regional Variables; 2 Variation; Patterns of Variation; Statistical Methods; Special Topics; 3 Change; Statistical Methods; Change and Variation; Change in the Lexicon; 4 Culture and the Lexicon; The Lexicon as an Object of Study; Cultural Change and Lexical Change; Society and Language Variation; Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches; Appendix 2:  Variants Associated with Regional or Social Groups

Appendix 3: Variants Exhibiting Diachronic Change Appendix 4:  Tallies and Selected Commentary; Appendix 5: Index of Variants by Question Number; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses words used in the Southeast and how they have changed during the 20th century. It also describes how the lexicon varies according to the speaker's age, race, education, sex, and place of residence (urban versus rural; coastal versus piedmont versus



mountain). Data collected in the 1930's as part of the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States project were compared with data collected in 1990 from similar speakers in the same communities. The results show that region was the most important factor in differentiating