LEADER 03492nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910455047503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8450-2 010 $a0-585-17826-7 035 $a(CKB)111004368624172 035 $a(EBL)1047507 035 $a(OCoLC)817893256 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000191687 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172095 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191687 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10184438 035 $a(PQKB)11628270 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1047507 035 $a(OCoLC)44964028 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9094 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1047507 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10527712 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368624172 100 $a19950714d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-1990$b[electronic resource] /$fEllen Johnson 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-0794-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aAppendix 3: Variants Exhibiting Diachronic Change Appendix 4: Tallies and Selected Commentary; Appendix 5: Index of Variants by Question Number; References; Index 330 $aThis 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 606 $aEnglish language$zSouthern States$xLexicology 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zSouthern States 606 $aEnglish language$xDialects$zSouthern States 606 $aLanguage and culture$zSouthern States 606 $aAmericanisms$zSouthern States 606 $aLinguistic change 607 $aSouthern States$xLanguages 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish language$xLexicology. 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation 615 0$aEnglish language$xDialects 615 0$aLanguage and culture 615 0$aAmericanisms 615 0$aLinguistic change. 676 $a427/.975 700 $aJohnson$b Ellen$f1959-$01053414 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455047503321 996 $aLexical change and variation in the southeastern United States, 1930-1990$92485292 997 $aUNINA