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Michael Montgomery, Ellen Johnson volume editors

(The new encyclopedia of Southern culture / Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor ; James G. Thomas Jr., managing editor ; Ann J. Abadie, associate editor, v. 5)

University of North Carolina Press, c2007

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  • : cloth

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"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi"

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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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. Immigration helped spread features of Southern English to other regions and countries and brought linguistic influences from Europe and Africa to Southern English. The fascinating patchwork of English dialects is also fully presented, from Gullah and Cajun English to the English spoken in Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Outer Banks, 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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  • NCID
    BA82061918
  • ISBN
    • 9780807858066
    • 9780807831144
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chapel Hill
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 226 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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