Linguistic Diversity in the South: Changing Codes, Practices, and Ideology (Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings)
by Shana Walton, Walt Wolfram, Margaret C Bender, Christopher P Toumey, Professor Anita Puckett, Blair A Rudes, Christine Mallinson, Ellen Fluharty, West Virginia Dialect Project Kirk Hazen, Louise Gopher, Pamela Innes, Susan Stans
A scholarly collection exploring linguistic diversity, language change, and cultural identity across the American South through anthropological and sociolinguistic research.
About This Book
This volume examines language variation and cultural identity in Southern communities.
Contributors analyze how speech patterns reflect social change and regional history.
The collection draws on fieldwork and case studies from multiple Southern states.
Topics include dialect preservation, language ideology, and community language practices.
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