Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English

Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English
ISBN-10
1572332220
ISBN-13
9781572332225
Category
Reference
Pages
710
Language
English
Published
2004
Authors
Michael Montgomery, Joseph Sargent Hall

Description

Often considered merely a repository of archaic or even Elizabethan English, the language of southern Appalachia represents a distinctive American dialect that is both conservative and innovative. This dictionary marks the first comprehensive, historical record of the traditional speech of this region. Focusing on the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee and western North Carolina, it features more than six thousand names, usages, meanings, and folk expressions that are found in the region, exemplified by more than fifteen thousand documented quotations.

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