Language
by Johnson, Ellen Montgomery, Michael
The fifth volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores language and dialect in the South, including English, Native American languages, and other non-English languages spoken over time by the region's immigrant communities. The patchwork of English dialects is also fully presented, from African American English, Gullah, and Cajun English to the English spoken in Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Outer Banks, the Chesapeake Bay Islands, Charleston, and elsewhere. Topical entries discuss…
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- Full title :Language. / Michael Montgomery & Ellen Johnson, volume editors.
Summary
The fifth volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores language and dialect in the South, including English, Native American languages, and other non-English languages spoken over time by the region's immigrant communities. The patchwork of English dialects is also fully presented, from African American English, Gullah, and Cajun English to the English spoken in Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Outer Banks, the Chesapeake Bay Islands, Charleston, and elsewhere. Topical entries discuss ongoing changes in the pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of English in the increasingly mobile South, as well as naming patterns, storytelling, preaching styles, and politeness, all of which deal with ways language is woven into southern culture.
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of North Carolina Press
- Place of Publication:Chapel Hill
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
Notes
"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.".
The Physical Object
- Description:xviii, 226 p. : : ill., maps ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780807831144, 080783114X, 9780807858066, 0807858064
- oclc:on1319095221
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