Language variety in the South revisited

Bernstein, Cynthia Goldin, 1947- (editor.). Nunnally, Thomas. (editor.). Sabino, Robin. (editor.).

Summary: Top linguists from diverse fields address language varieties in the South. "Language Variety in the South Revisited" is a comprehensive collection of new research on southern United States English by foremost scholars of regional language variation. Like its predecessor, "Language Variety in the South : Perspectives in Black and White" (The University of Alabama Press, 1986), this book includes current research into African American vernacular English, but it greatly expands the scope of investigation and offers an extensive assessment of the field. The volume encompasses studies of contact involving African and European languages; analysis of discourse, pragmatic, lexical, phonological, and syntactic features; and evaluations of methods of collecting and examining data. The 38 essays not only offer a wealth of information about southern language varieties but also serve as models for regional linguistic investigation.

Record details

ISBN: 0817386637
ISBN: 9780817386634
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 656 pages) : illustations, maps
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Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012, ©1997.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 574-613), and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part three. Methods of sampling, measurement, and analysis ; The South : the touchstone / Dennis R. Preston -- How far North is South? a critique of Carver's North-South dialect boundary / Timothy C. Frazer -- Regional vocabulary in Missouri / Donald M. Lance and Rachel B. Faries -- Geographical influence on lexical choice : changes in the 20th century / Ellen Johnson -- Generating linguistic feature maps with statistics / William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. -- Quantitative mapping techniques for displaying language variation and change / Tom Wikle -- The role of social processes in language variation and change / Jan Tillery -- An ethnolinguistic approach to the study of rural Southern AAVE / Patricia Cukor-Avila -- Speaking maps and talking worlds : adolescent language usage in a new South community / Boyd H. Davis, Michael Smilowitz, Leah Neely -- Resolving dialect status : levels of evidence in assessing African-American vernacular English forms / Walt Wolfram -- Understanding Birmingham / William Labov and Sharon Ash.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.