East Tennessee Folk Speech: A Synopsis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783820478655)

Based on the Idiolect Synopses of the basic materials of the linguistic atlas of the gulf states, this summary offers the first interpretation of evidence gathered in southeastern United States, 1968-80. The phonological, morphological and lexical data outlines a principal source of the speech of the Upper South. Although primarily a South Midland dialect, East Tennessee folk speech shows a complex regional and social structure that includes relics and innovations with patterns that distinguish this subregion from the dominant forms of American English spoken in the South and elsewhere.

Author: Wolfgang Viereck,Lee Pederson
ISBN-10: 3820478655
ISBN-13: 9783820478655
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1983
Pages: 257
Format: Paperback