An Examination of Selected Vowel Structures of Three Generations of Native Appalachian English Speakers

• Main Author: Richards, Melinda L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2001
• Subjects: Speech and Hearing Science; Smith Island
• Online Access: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/2074; https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3512&context=utk_graddiss

Appalachian English (AppE) is a relic dialect, until recently considered to be resistant to change due to the relative isolation of its speakers. AppE may have become an “endangered dialect,” much in the same manner as other insular dialects such as those spoken on Ocracoke Island, Smith Island, and...