Migration, Accommodation and Language Change: Language at the Intersection of Regional and Ethnic Identity

by Bridget L. Anderson

Book Overview

This work marries qualitative ethnographic methods to quantitative acoustic methods. The analysis describes how internal and external factors in phonological change differ and demonstrates how these two forces interact to structure the phonological systems of Appalachian and African American Southern Migrant speakers in the Detroit, Michigan area.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230008860
• ISBN13: 9780230008861
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.8"