03492nam 2200697 a 450 991045504750332120200520144314.00-8173-8450-20-585-17826-7(CKB)111004368624172(EBL)1047507(OCoLC)817893256(SSID)ssj0000191687(PQKBManifestationID)11172095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191687(PQKBWorkID)10184438(PQKB)11628270(MiAaPQ)EBC1047507(OCoLC)44964028(MdBmJHUP)muse9094(Au-PeEL)EBL1047507(CaPaEBR)ebr10527712(EXLCZ)9911100436862417219950714d1996 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-1990[electronic resource] /Ellen JohnsonTuscaloosa University of Alabama Press19961 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-0794-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 GroupsAppendix 3: Variants Exhibiting Diachronic Change Appendix 4: Tallies and Selected Commentary; Appendix 5: Index of Variants by Question Number; References; IndexThis 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 differentiatingEnglish languageSouthern StatesLexicologyEnglish languageVariationSouthern StatesEnglish languageDialectsSouthern StatesLanguage and cultureSouthern StatesAmericanismsSouthern StatesLinguistic changeSouthern StatesLanguagesElectronic books.English languageLexicology.English languageVariationEnglish languageDialectsLanguage and cultureAmericanismsLinguistic change.427/.975Johnson Ellen1959-1053414MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455047503321Lexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-19902485292UNINA