English in the Southern United States (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Nagle, Stephen J.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 2003 volume, written by a team of experts, many of them internationally known, provides a broad overview of the foundations of and research on language variation in the southern United States designed to invite inquiry and inquirers. It explores historical and cultural elements, iconic contemporary features, and changes in progress. Central themes, issues and topics of scholarly investigation and debate figure prominently throughout the volume. The extensive bibliography will facilitate continued research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511055706
• Artikelnr.: 38187381

Autorenporträt

Stephen J. Nagle is Professor of English at Coastal Carolina University. He is author of Inferential Change and Syntactic Modality in English (1989), is editor of a monograph on political changes in eastern Europe (1992), and is author or co-author of articles on English historical syntax, auxiliary verbs in southern English, and teaching English as a second language.
Sara L. Sanders is Professor of English at Coastal Carolina University. She is the author or co-author of articles related to language use, language learning and language diversity. She was compositor of the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States (LAMSAS) for three years.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The origins of southern American English John Algeo; 2.
Shakespeare in the coves and hollows? Toward a history of southern English
Edgar Schneider; 3. Eight grammatical features of southern US speech
present in early modern London prison narratives Laura Wright; 4. The
shared ancestry of African-American and American white southern Englishes:
some speculations dictated by history Salikoko Mufwene; 5. The complex
grammatical history of African-American and white vernaculars in the South
Patricia Cukor-Avila; 6. Grammatical features of southern speech: yall,
might could, and fixin to Cynthia Bernstein; 7. Sounding southern: a look
at the phonology of English in the South George Dorrill; 8. Vowel shifting
in the southern states Crawford Feagin; 9. Enclave dialect communities in
the South Walt Wolfram; 10. Urbanization and the evolution of southern
American English Jan Tillery and Guy Bailey; 11. The Englishes of southern
Louisiana Connie Eble; 12. Features and uses of southern style Barbara
Johnstone.