Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English

By James B. McMillan and Michael B Montgomery

University of Alabama Press

A collection of the total range of scholarly and popular writing on English as spoken from Maryland to Texas and from Kentucky to Florida

The only book-length bibliography on the speech of the American South, this volume focuses on the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, naming practices, word play, and other aspects of language that have interested researchers and writers for two centuries. Compiled here are the works of linguists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and educators, as well as popular commentators.

With over 3,800 entries, this invaluable resource is a testament to the significance of Southern speech, long recognized as a distinguishing feature of the South, and the abiding interest of Southerners in their speech as a mark of their identity. The entries encompass Southern dialects in all their distinctive varieties—from Appalachian to African American, and sea islander to urbanite.

I think the Bibliography will be a standard reference work for many years to come and will serve as a model for other such works. . . . This is an impressive piece of scholarship. Any other work on the subject will have to begin here.’
—Guy Bailey, Texas A M University

For anyone wishing to survey any aspect of Southern American English, this is an indispensable work, and one certain to stimulate further research and writing.’
—Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

‘The Annotated Bibliography of Southern American English presents a comprehensive listing of works dealing with all aspects of Southern English. Concise and easy to use, this impressive work sets the standard for future bibliographic projects.’
—South Central Review

James B. McMillan (1907–1996) was a professor emeritus of English at The University of Alabama.
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Michael B. Montgomery is a distinguished professor emeritus of English and linguistics at the University of South Carolina.

Preface
Abbreviations
1. General Studies
2. Historical and Creole Studies
3. Lexical Studies
4. Phonology and Phonetics
5. Morphology and Syntax
6. Place Name Studies
7. Personal and Miscellaneous Name Studies
8. Figurative Language, Exaggerations, and Word-Play
9. Literary Dialect
10. Language Attitudes and Speech Perception
11. Speech Act and Style
12. Bibliographies
Index

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