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From the Gulf States and Beyond: The Legacy of Lee Pederson and LAGS
Michael Montgomery (Ed.)
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Paperback. The essays in this volume introduce, assess and explore the Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (LAGS). The contributors demonstrate how LAGS material can be used to address issues important to sociolinguists, dialectologists, and folklorists about the speech and culture of the 20th century South. Editor(s): Montgomery, Michael B.; Nunnally, Thomas E. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; CFB; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408. Clean copy.Large format paperback.
This collection of essays demonstrates the importance of the Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (LAGS) as a defining linguistic study of this century, though one of the most underused. Emory University's Lee Pedersen directed and brought to completion the Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States, a cumulative study of the language patterns for eight states of the interior South, from Georgia west to Texas. The essays comprising From the Gulf States and Beyond include a comprehensive introduction to and assessment of that mammoth project along with ten essays of linguistic exploration. Four essays are specific studies showing the usefulness ... Read more
This collection of essays demonstrates the importance of the Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (LAGS) as a defining linguistic study of this century, though one of the most underused. Emory University's Lee Pedersen directed and brought to completion the Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States, a cumulative study of the language patterns for eight states of the interior South, from Georgia west to Texas. The essays comprising From the Gulf States and Beyond include a comprehensive introduction to and assessment of that mammoth project along with ten essays of linguistic exploration. Four essays are specific studies showing the usefulness ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press Alabama
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817309480
SKU
KEX0212220
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About Michael Montgomery (Ed.)
Michael Montgomery is Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of South Carolina and coeditor with James B. McMillan of Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English. Thomas Nunnally is Associate Professor of English at Auburn University and coeditor of Language Variety in the South Revisited, also published by this press.
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