The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick
49. Are American Dialects Dying?
The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition - Caroline Myrick
Walt Wolfram [+]
North Carolina State University
Walt Wolfram is a William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of English Linguistics at North Carolina State University. Although he is most noted for his research on American dialects, his sociolinguistic career started with the study of speaking in tongues.
Description
This chapter discusses dialects and the possibility of their dying out. Thus, the chance of disappearing of some traditional dialects is considered, as well as their replacement by new dialects. Additionally, dialects are argued to remain alive, and an important part of the regional and sociocultural landscape.