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25108
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Linguist Paul Reed describes the history of North Carolina’s Appalachian dialect, saying that it is a combination of American Indian languages and the languages of other immigrant groups blended together. Geography has also contributed to the conservation of the dialect over the years.
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Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 55 Issue 2, Spring 2016, p12-13, il, por
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23724
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Tager discusses the history of Appalachian dialects, how they changed over the years, and how some academics have recorded and studied the dialects.
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21348
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The Appalachian region of the United States, including the western mountains of North Carolina, has a unique dialect formed by the Scotch-Irish settlement of the region before and after the Revolutionary War. Isolated by the rugged terrain of the Appalachian region, communities still speak in a manner that has not changed much when compared to other regions of the country.
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16463
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West presents examples of the unique dialect encountered in the Southern Appalachians Mountains.