Appalachian Collection

Dialect of Southern Appalachia

 

 


SCOPE

This pathfinder is designed with the hope that others who have an interest in Southern Appalachian dialect will be able to derive positive information from its structure. There is a distinct line between scholarly research and "humorous" research on this topic and even in scholarly research the reader needs to be aware of a sometimes condescending tone.


An INTRODUCTION to this topic appears in a study written by the Center for Applied Linguistics

Christain, Donna and Walt Wolfram. Appalachian Speech . Arlington, Virginia: The Center for Applied Linguistics. 1976. ASU APP COLL PE2970.A6 W64 l976 c.2


Library of Congress SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with Southern Appalachian Dialect can be found under the following subject headings listed in rank of most productive.

  • English Language - Dialects - Appalachian Region - Southern
  • English Language - Appalachian Region
  • English Language - Dialects -- Appalachian Region
  • English Language - Dialects - Southern States
  • English Language - Provincialism - Kentucky
  • English Language - Provincialism - North Carolina
  • Americanisms - Appalachian Region - Southern
  • Americanisms - Southern States
  • English Language - Provincialism - Appalachian Region - Southern
  • Appalachian Region - Southern
  • English Language - Dialects - Alabama
  • English Language - Dialects - Georgia
  • English Language - Dialects - Kentucky
  • English Language - Dialects - North Carolina
  • English Language - Dialects - Tennessee
  • English Language - Dialects - West Virginia

Other information about Southern Appalachian Dialect can be found in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection CLIPPINGS FILE


Dialect


Frequently used Library of Congress CALL NUMBERS

  • PE 2970
  • PE 3l0l
  • PE 2926
  • F 2l7.A65


Frequently mentioned TEXTS include

Fischer, David. Albion's Seed . New York: Oxford University Press. 1989. 256- 257, 471, 652-655. ASU APP COLL El69.l.F539 v.l.

Kephart, Horace. Our Southern Highlanders . New York: Outing Publishing co. 19l3. 350-378. ASU APP COLL F2l0.K38.

McCrum, Robert, William Cran, and Robert MacNeil. The Story of English . New York: Elisabeth Sifton Books Viking. 1986. 157, l59 - l6l. ASU Main Stacks PEl075.M58 l986.

Montgomery, Michael. "The Roots of Appalachian English: Scotch - Irish or British Southern?" Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association . 3 (1999) 171-8l ASU APP COLL F2l7.A65 J68.

Williams, Cratis D. "Mountain Speech." Mountain Life and Work . Boone: Appalachian State University. 1961-64. ASU APP COLL PE2970.A6W54 c.3.

Wolfram, Walt and Donna Christian. Appalachian Speech . Arlington, Virginia: Center for Applied Linguistics. 1976. ASU APP COLL PE 2970.A6 W64 1976 c.2.


GUIDES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND DICTIONARIES

The following encyclopedias and dictionaries contain information on Southern Appalachian Dialect:

Ferris, William and Reagan Wilson. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1989. 769-69. ASU Reference F209 E53 1989.

Hendrickson, Robert. Mountain Range . New York: Facts on File. 1997. ASU APP COLL Stacks PE 29770A6 H46 l997.

Roller, David C. and Robert W. Twyman. Encyclopedia of Southern History . Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. 1979. 359-61. ASU Reference F207.7 E52.


BIBLIOGRAPHIES which contain information on Southern Appalachian Dialect are


Appalachian Bibliography . West Virginia University Library. Morganton, West Virginia. 1980. 577-583. ASU Reference Z1251A6 1980.

Ross, Charlotte. Editor. Bibliography of Southern Appalachia . Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium. 1976. 77. APP COLL Zl251.A7B5x.

Frequently mentioned INDEXES

An Index by Region, Usage, & Etymology to the Dictionary of American Regional English . Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. 1993. ASU Reference PE 2843.D52 l995.


JOURNALS containing multiple articles relating to Southern Appalachian Dialect


Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine . Bound: v.1, Fall 1984 - Current. ASU APP COLL F2l7.A65 N68.

Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review . Bound: v.1 - 1972 -Current. ASU APP COLL F2l6.2.A66.

Journal of Appalachian Studies . Bound: v.1 - 1995. ASU APP COLL F2l7.A65 J 68.

Mountain Life and Work . Bound: v.7, 11-13, 15;v.30, 1957 - v.64, 1988. Microfilm v.1, 1915-v 51, 1976. ASU APP COLL GR103.M5.


THESES/DISSERTATIONS that are frequently referred to

Edwards, Dorothy. The Dialect of the Southern Highlander as Recorded in North
Carolina Novels . Rochester, New York: The University of Rochester. 1935. ASU APP COLL PE3l0l.N76 E l99.

Hackenberg, Robert Gregory. Appalachian English: A Sociolinguistic Study . Georgetown University, Washington D.C. 1973. ASU APP COLL MicF 264.

Christian, Donna. Aspects of Verb Usage in Appalachian Speech . Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. ASU APP COLL MicF 240.


LEXICONS concerning Dialect of Southern Appalachia


Cavender, Anthony. Editor. A Folk Medical Lexicon of South Central Appalachia . Johnson City, Tennessee: East Tennessee State University. 1990. ASU APP COLL PE 2970.A6 F64 l990.

Farwell, Harold, Jr. and J. Karl Nicholas. Editors. Smoky Mountain Voices: A
Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of Horace Kephart . Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. 1993. ASU APP COLL PE2970.A6 F37 1993.


MAPS concerning regions of Southern Appalachian Dialect can be found in the following sources

Ferris, William and Reagan Wilson. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 1989. 765. ASU Reference F209E53 1989.

Fischer, David. Albion's Seed . New York: Oxford University Press. 1989. 833. ASU APP COLL E169.1.F539v.1.

Wolfram, Walt and Donna Christian. Appalachian Speech . Arlington, Virginia: Center for Applied Linguistics. 1976. 7.


INTERNET SOURCES for Appalachian Dialect


American Dialect Society: www.americandialect.org
Center for Applied Linguistics: www.cal.org
Linguistic Society of America: www.lsa@lsadc.org


PHOTOGRAPHS

Southern Appalachian Mountains - North Carolina/South Carolina State Line

 


Compiler : Connie Jones Aiken, 11 November 2002