Talkin' Tar Heel : how our voices tell the story of North Carolina / Walt Wolfram & Jeffrey Reaser by Wolfram, Walt - 2014

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2014. xiii, 331 pages ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Tar Heels in North Cackalacky -- The Origins of Language Diversity in North Carolina -- Landscaping Dialect: From Manteo to Murphy -- Talkin? Country and City -- The Outer Banks Brogue -- Mountain Talk -- African American Speech in North Carolina -- The Legacy of American Indian Languages -- Lumbee English: Tar Heel American Indian Dialect -- Carolina del Norte: Latino Tar Heels -- Celebrating Language Diversity. The book is enhanced by maps and illustrations and augmented by more than 100 audio and video recordings, which can be found online at talkintarheel.com. As new condition in like dustjacket. First Edition.