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Language and Dialect

American Dialect Society: www.americandialect.org 

Appalachian Language Listserv: appaling-l@lsv.uky.edu 

Appalachian Media Institute video: “Searching for an Appalachian Accent": https://vimeo.com/29154467

Dictionary of American Regional English: http://dare.wisc.edu

“Do We Talk Funny? ‘Ap-pal-atch-un’ vs ‘Ap-pal-ay-shun’” (Inside Appalachia radio program, June 12, 2015): http://wvpublic.org/post/inside-appalachia-do-we-talk-funny-ap-pal-atch-un-vs-ap-pal-ay-shun

“If These Hills Could Talk - Speech in the Great Smoky Mountains” by Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, Bridget Anderson, and Neal Hutcheson: http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/smokies/

Linguistic Atlas Projects (University of Georgia): www.lap.uga.edu

North Carolina Language and Life Project (North Carolina State University): https://languageandlife.org

“Smoky Mountain English” (hour-long radio interview conducted with Michael Montgomery and Chris Offut, broadcast in February 11, 2005): http://archives.wbur.org/theconnection/2005/02/11/smoky-mountain-english.html 

West Virginia Dialect Project (West Virginia University): http://dialects.english.wvu.edu/research