English in the Southern United States

Name: English in the Southern United States
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ISBN: 9780521822640

ISBN-10: 0521822645

ISBN-13: 9780521822640

Edition: 2003

Authors: Stephen J. Nagle, Sara L. Sanders, Bas Aarts, John Algeo, Susan Fitzmaurice

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The English of the southern United States is possibly the most studied of any regional variety of any language because of its rich internal diversity, its distinctiveness among regional varieties in the United States, its significance as a marker of regional identity, and the general folkloric appeal of southern culture. However, most, if not all, books about Southern American English have been directed almost exclusively toward scholars already working in the field. This volume, written by a team of experts, many of them internationally known, provides a broad overview of the foundations of and current research on language variation in the southern United States designed to invite new…

Book details

List price: $98.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/9/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

BAS AARTS is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London, UK. He has published widely in the field and is one of the founding editors of the journal English Language and Linguistics .



Introduction



The origins of southern American English




Shakespeare in the coves and hollows? Toward a history of southern English




Eight grammatical features of southern US speech present in early modern London prison narratives




The shared ancestry of African-American and American white southern Englishes: some speculations dictated by history




The complex grammatical history of African-American and white vernaculars in the South




Grammatical features of southern speech: yall, might could, and fixin to Cynthia




Sounding southern: a look at the phonology of English in the South




Vowel shifting in the southern states




Enclave dialect communities in the South




Urbanization and the evolution of southern American English




The Englishes of southern Louisiana




Features and uses of southern style