The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes: A Sociolinguistic Introduction
Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of language in the United States has created a wealth of linguistic resources through factors such as immigration and contact, providing the environment for AEs to grow and adapt in ways that are also similar to other varieties of English. AEs have a long history of representation in linguistic literature, but until now no single work has examined the interplay of language production and perception with an eye toward the role that language plays in the construction of personal and social identities.

The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes takes a sociolinguistic/sociocultural approach to exploring specific linguistic features highlighted in the Linguistic Atlas Projects and the social life of Appalachian varieties in terms of perceptions and use. Focusing on the single theme of the social life of language in Appalachia, the book aims to explore the implications of the kinds of variation found, reinforce the notion that social meaning and variation are inseparable, and illustrate how linguistic production and perception are interrelated. It uses new data to amplify this theme, presenting a novel combination of data from different sociolinguistic traditions (specifically, perceptual dialectology and traditional atlas-style dialectology). Opportunities for engagement are provided through QR codes linking to additional resources and discussion questions and exercises at the end of each chapter.

This book is designed for students and researchers interested in general linguistics, sociolinguistics, American Englishes, language variation, linguistic anthropology, and Appalachian studies.

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The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes: A Sociolinguistic Introduction
Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of language in the United States has created a wealth of linguistic resources through factors such as immigration and contact, providing the environment for AEs to grow and adapt in ways that are also similar to other varieties of English. AEs have a long history of representation in linguistic literature, but until now no single work has examined the interplay of language production and perception with an eye toward the role that language plays in the construction of personal and social identities.

The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes takes a sociolinguistic/sociocultural approach to exploring specific linguistic features highlighted in the Linguistic Atlas Projects and the social life of Appalachian varieties in terms of perceptions and use. Focusing on the single theme of the social life of language in Appalachia, the book aims to explore the implications of the kinds of variation found, reinforce the notion that social meaning and variation are inseparable, and illustrate how linguistic production and perception are interrelated. It uses new data to amplify this theme, presenting a novel combination of data from different sociolinguistic traditions (specifically, perceptual dialectology and traditional atlas-style dialectology). Opportunities for engagement are provided through QR codes linking to additional resources and discussion questions and exercises at the end of each chapter.

This book is designed for students and researchers interested in general linguistics, sociolinguistics, American Englishes, language variation, linguistic anthropology, and Appalachian studies.

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Appalachian Englishes (AEs) possess an array of linguistic features that distinguish them from other American Englishes, yet the rich history of language in the United States has created a wealth of linguistic resources through factors such as immigration and contact, providing the environment for AEs to grow and adapt in ways that are also similar to other varieties of English. AEs have a long history of representation in linguistic literature, but until now no single work has examined the interplay of language production and perception with an eye toward the role that language plays in the construction of personal and social identities.

The Social Life of Appalachian Englishes takes a sociolinguistic/sociocultural approach to exploring specific linguistic features highlighted in the Linguistic Atlas Projects and the social life of Appalachian varieties in terms of perceptions and use. Focusing on the single theme of the social life of language in Appalachia, the book aims to explore the implications of the kinds of variation found, reinforce the notion that social meaning and variation are inseparable, and illustrate how linguistic production and perception are interrelated. It uses new data to amplify this theme, presenting a novel combination of data from different sociolinguistic traditions (specifically, perceptual dialectology and traditional atlas-style dialectology). Opportunities for engagement are provided through QR codes linking to additional resources and discussion questions and exercises at the end of each chapter.

This book is designed for students and researchers interested in general linguistics, sociolinguistics, American Englishes, language variation, linguistic anthropology, and Appalachian studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032224886
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 03/29/2024
Pages: 164
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jennifer Cramer is Professor of Linguistics and Affiliate Faculty of Appalachian Studies at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA. She is the author of Contested Southernness (2016), co-editor of Cityscapes and Perceptual Dialectology (2016), and co-author of Linguistic Planets of Belief (2020) and English with an Accent (2022).

Allison Burkette is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, where she currently serves as Department Chair and as the Editor of the Linguistic Atlas Project. Burkette is the author of Language and Material Culture (2015) and Language and Classification (2018).

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Glossary

 

Chapter 1: “It tickles him so good” – The Social Life of Language in Appalachia

Setting in

Appalachia as a construct

Perceptions of Appalachia

The study of language

Introducing sociolinguistics

Appalachia in previous sociolinguistic studies

Contextualizing Appalachian Englishes

Recollection

Discussion Questions

Exercises

Chapter 2: “She’d write him a dun” – Words and Meanings

Setting in

Variability in language

Vocabulary in Appalachia

What the LAP can tell us about an ‘Appalachian vocabulary’

Appalachian vocabulary features in the LAP

A cottage industry

Fanning the lexical flames

Out of the fire and into the pan

Where you put your groceries

Recollection

Discussion Questions

Exercises

Chapter 3: “Build us a far” – Sounding Appalachian

Setting in

The study of speech sound

The sounds of Appalachian Englishes

Appalachian pronunciation features in the LAP

Hwæt happened to the /h/?

Intrusive consonants?

One vowel or two?

Recollection

Discussion Questions

Exercises

Chapter 4: “They didn’t nobody starving” – Making Sense of Grammatical Variation

Setting in

The study of grammar

The grammatical features of Appalachian Englishes

Appalachian grammatical features in the LAP

Growed up too fast

We was all waiting

Three mile of bean plants

Recollection

Discussion Questions

Exercises

Chapter 5: “All he's talked about up that mountain” – Discourse and Narrative

Setting in

Discourse, narrative, and meaning

Appalachian discourses in the LAP

Excerpt 1: That’s good cooking in that

Excerpt 2: Some people call ‘em pokes and things

Excerpt 3: Them’s quilts or coverlets

Excerpt 4: Well of course a pen [pɛn] if you say it distinctly

Excerpt 5: Who? What? Y’all?

Recollection

Discussion Questions

Exercises

Chapter 6: “Roots of my raisin” – Perceptions of Appalachian Englishes

Setting in

Perceptual dialectology

Mental maps

Qualitative approaches

Insiders and outsiders

Where are Appalachian Englishes?

What are Appalachian Englishes?

Recollection

Discussion Questions

Exercises

Chapter 7: “A relatively distinct way of speaking” – Integrating Our Understandings

Setting in

Putting the “dialect” in perceptual dialectology

Mapping production and perceptions

Perception, production, and identity

Appalachia(n) as ‘other’

Recollection

Discussion Questions

Exercises

 

Bibliography

Index

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