Lexical Change and Variation in the Southeastern United States, 1930-1990

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Contents List of Tables List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Collection and Categorization of the Data The Linguistic Variables and the Interview The Social and Regional Variables 2 Variation Patterns of Variation Statistical Methods Special Topics 3 Change Statistical Methods Change and Variation Change in the Lexicon 4 Culture and the Lexicon The Lexicon as an Object of Study Cultural Change and Lexical Change Society and Language Variation viii x xi 1 5 5 13 29 31 35 42 61 62 65 73 79 80 85 92 Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches 114 Appendix 2: Variants Associated with Regional or Social Groups 137 Appendix 3: Variants Exhibiting Diachronic Change 146 Appendix 4: Tallies and Selected Commentary 153 Appendix 5: Index of Variants by Question Number 285 References 294 Index 303 Vll ...