Language Variety in the New South

Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess the use and meaning of language in the South a region rich in dialects and variants this comprehensive edited collection reflects the cutting-edge research presented at the fourth decennial meeting of Language Variety in the South in 2014. Focusing on the ongoing changes and surprising continuities associated with the contemporary South the contributors use innovative methodologies to pave new pathways for understanding the social dynamics that shape the language in the South today.<br/><br/>Along with the editors contributors to the volume include Agnes Bolonyai Katie Carmichael Phillip M. Carter Becky Childs Danica Cullinan Nathalie Dajko Catherine Evans Davies Robin Dodsworth Hartwell S. Francis Kirk Hazen Anne H. Charity Hudley Neal Hutcheson Alex Hyler Mary Kohn Christian Koops William A. Kretzschmar Jr. Sonja L. Lanehart Andrew Lynch Ayesha M. Malik Christine Mallinson Jim Michnowicz Caroline Myrick Michael D. Picone Dennis R. Preston Paul E. Reed Joel Schneier James Shepherd Erik R. Thomas Sonya Trawick and Tracey L. Weldon.