Talkin' tar heel : how our voices tell the story of North Carolina /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolfram, Walt, 1941-
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Reaser, Jeffrey, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Tar Heels in North Cackalacky
  • The Origins of Language Diversity in North Carolina
  • Landscaping Dialect: From Manteo to Murphy
  • Talkin? Country and City
  • The Outer Banks Brogue
  • Mountain Talk
  • African American Speech in North Carolina
  • The Legacy of American Indian Languages
  • Lumbee English: Tar Heel American Indian Dialect
  • Carolina del Norte: Latino Tar Heels
  • Celebrating Language Diversity.