Description: New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 5: Language
Brief description: Ellen Johnson is associate professor of linguistics at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, and author of Lexical Change and Variation in the Southeastern United States.
Review Quotes: "Thorough and far-reaching, yet ultimately accessible. . . . Contains an incredible amount of cultural, historical, and social information pulled together into a comprehensive overview of language use in the American South." -- North Carolina Historical Review