Smoky Mountain Voices: A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of Horace Kephart - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Harold F. Farwell (Editor), J. Karl Nicholas (Editor)Publish date:2009-11-25Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813193342ISBN-10:813193346UPC:9780813193342Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Regional StudiesBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, SociolinguisticsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SC6MKS51Z8
Smoky Mountain Voices: A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of Horace Kephart
A stingy man "won't drink branch water till there's a flood," and it is "a mighty triflin' sort o' man'd let either his dog or his woman starve." Some places are "so crowded you couldn't cuss a cat without gettin' fur in your mouth." For almost thirty years Horace Kephart collected sayings like these from his neighbors and friends in the area around Bryson City, North Carolina.
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813193342ISBN-10:813193346UPC:9780813193342Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Regional StudiesBook Topic:Historical & Comparative, SociolinguisticsSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.571Product ID:SC6MKS51Z8
Harold F. Farwell Jr. and J. Karl Nicholas are professors of English at Western Carolina University, whose library houses the major collection of Horace Kephart materials.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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