Are you considered a "dingbatter," or outsider, when you visit the Outer Banks? Have you ever noticed a picture in your house hanging a little "sigogglin," or crooked? Do you enjoy spending time with your "buddyrow," or close friend?
Drawing on over two decades of research and 3,000 recorded interviews from every corner of the state, Walt Wolfram and Jeffrey Reaser's lively book introduces readers to the unique regional, social, and ethnic dialects of North Carolina, as well as its major languages, including American Indian languages and Spanish. Considering how we speak as...
Are you considered a "dingbatter," or outsider, when you visit the Outer Banks? Have you ever noticed a picture in your house hanging a little "si...
Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students speech and writing, teaching Standard English, teaching students about dialects, and distinguishing dialect difference from language disorders. It approaches these issues from a practical perspective rooted in sociolinguistic research, with a focus on the research base for accommodating dialect differences in schools. Expanded coverage includes research on teaching and...
Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioner...
Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students speech and writing, teaching Standard English, teaching students about dialects, and distinguishing dialect difference from language disorders. It approaches these issues from a practical perspective rooted in sociolinguistic research, with a focus on the research base for accommodating dialect differences in schools. Expanded coverage includes research on teaching and...
Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioner...
Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess the use and meaning of language in the American South, this comprehensive edited collection reflects the cutting-edge research in this area. The contributors use innovative methodologies to pave new pathways for understanding the social dynamics that shape the language in the South today.
Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess the use and meaning of language in the American South, this comprehensive edited coll...
Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess the use and meaning of language in the American South, this comprehensive edited collection reflects the cutting-edge research in this area. The contributors use innovative methodologies to pave new pathways for understanding the social dynamics that shape the language in the South today.
Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess the use and meaning of language in the American South, this comprehensive edited coll...
