New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches

Contributor(s): Picone, Michael D (Editor), Davies, Catherine Evans (Editor), Picone, Michael D (Introduction by), Davies, Catherine Evans (Introduction by), Anderson, Bridget L (Contribution by), Bailey, Guy H (Contribution by), Bartlett, Kathryn (Contribution by), Bayley, Robert (Contribution by), Bean, Judith M (Contribution by), Beito, Linda (Contribution by), Bernstein, Cynthia (Contribution by), Broadwell, George Aaron (Contribution by), Burkette, Allison (Contribution by), Cárdenas, Norma (Contribution by), Chafe, Wallace (Contribution by), Childs, Becky (Contribution by), Davies, Catherine Evans (Contribution by), Davis, Boyd (Contribution by), Davis, Stuart (Contribution by), DuBois, Sylvie (Contribution by), Eble, Connie (Contribution by), Feagin, Crawford (Contribution by), Fridland, Valerie (Contribution by), Hall, Joan Houston (Contribution by), Horvath, Barbara (Contribution by), Klein, Thomas B (Contribution by), Klingler, Thomas A (Contribution by), Lestrade, Patricia Manning (Contribution by), Lipski, John M (Contribution by), Lucas, Ceil (Contribution by), Mallinson, Christine (Contribution by), McNair, Lisa D (Contribution by), Montgomery, Michael B (Contribution by), Mufwene, Salikoko (Contribution by), Munro, Pamela (Contribution by), Nerbonne, John (Contribution by), Nuckolls, Janis B (Contribution by), Picone, Michael D (Contribution by), Preston, Dennis R (Contribution by), Rankin, Robert L (Contribution by), Reaser, Jeffrey (Contribution by), Rudes, Blair A (Contribution by), Schneider, Edgar W (Contribution by), Schouten, Belinda Treviño (Contribution by), Shackleton, Robert G, Jr (Contribution by), Shenk, Dena (Contribution by), Sutcliffe, David (Contribution by), Thomas, Erik R (Contribution by), Thompson, Rachel Shuttlesworth (Contribution by), Tillery, Jan (Contribution by), Van Herk, Gerard (Contribution by), Vélez Salas, Carlos Martin (Contribution by), Von Schneidemesser, Luanne (Contribution by), Wolfram, Walt (Contribution by), Wright, Laura (Contribution by)

ISBN: 9780817318154

Publisher: University Alabama Press

Hardcover

$59.95

Pub Date: March 15, 2015

Dewey: 427.97

LCCN: 2014016040

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.89" H x 9.34" L x 6.94" W ( 2.81 lbs) 824 pages

BISAC Categories:

Language Arts and Disciplines | Linguistics | Historical and Comparative

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: An outgrowth of the LAVIS III symposium (2004), New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches comprises forty-five original essays (revised and reviewed) on a range of topics regarding the languages and dialects of the American South.

Review Quotes: "This collection of essays represents both an original and a significant contribution to the field. The most valuable aspect of the collection is the breadth of its enquiry, which encompasses the evolving picture of language in the South. Far more complicated than many realize, the language of the South merits intense scrutiny by linguists, since the South is in many ways 'defined' by its speech. Thanks to the scope and depth of the research presented in this book, which is supported by solid facts from geographic communities as well as from communities of practice, this collection of essays challenges major theoretical approaches in the field of linguistics itself."
--Patricia Causey Nichols, author of Voices of our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina