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The Regional Vocabulary of Texas
The vocabulary of Texas, and of the Southwest, has a character that sets it apart from all others. It is to some extent an amalgamation of words brought from other sections. A more important ingredient, however, has been a large group of words that initially grew into usage in Texas itself.
Utilizing a thorough knowledge of language and a remarkable insight into linguistics, E. Bagby Atwood has compiled a reference book for scholars, writers, and laypeople whose interests involve the use of this vocabulary. It is a well-balanced book, designed to present to the reader not only the actual vocabulary in use but also the area involved, topical surveys of words used, their backgrounds, and geographical aspects of their usage. Easterners and Westerners alike will relish the unique flavor of the Southwestern vocabulary.
Snap beans and chittlins, tot and pilon, racket store and slop jar, anti-goglin, light a shuck, peckerwood, clabber, chifferobe, chiffonier and hundreds of other words and phrases familiar to natives and some newcomers are found on these pages. This...publication has unearthed a rich vein of Texas ore.
... I can only express admiration for this fine work. It is eminently readable, entertaining, and instructive.
- Foreword
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- I. The Area
- Geography
- Settlement
- Changes in Economy
- II. The Method
- Background and Related Studies
- The Texas Questionnaire and Its Use
- Analysis of the Materials
- III. Topical Survey of the Vocabulary
- The Weather
- The Landscape
- The House
- Goods and Chattels
- Time and Distance
- The Premises
- Various Fauna
- Something to Eat
- Family Matters
- Social and Daily Life
- Other People
- Verb Forms and Syntax
- Miscellaneous Terms
- IV. Geographical Aspects of Usage
- Eastern Words
- Louisiana Words
- Southwestern Words
- Miscellaneous Distributions
- Eastern Limits
- V. Dialect Mixture and Meaning
- Blending
- Development of Distinctions
- VI. Obsolescence and Replacement
- Reasons for Vocabulary Change
- Social and Economic Factors Involved
- Tables
- VII. Lexicographical Pilón
- Authorities for “Border” Spanish
- Etymologies and Meanings
- VIII. Word Atlas
- Explanation of the Maps
- Maps 1 through 125
- Appendix: Machine Handling of the Data
- Word Index
And Other Neighborly Names
Social Process and Cultural Image in Texas Folklore
Edited by Richard Bauman and Roger D. Abrahams
