Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English
Author | : Michael Montgomery |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781572332225 |
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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.