Record #:

6408

Author(s):

Tomlin, Jimmy

Abstract:

Tomlin discusses the work of linguist Walt Wolfram, William C. Friday Distinguished Professor in North Carolina State University's English Department. Wolfram is director of the university's North Carolina Language and Life Project. The mission of the program is “to describe and celebrate the state's linguistic diversity, and to raise awareness of how language is a part of our cultural heritage.” The project has about twenty research sites stretching from the mountains to the coast.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 71 Issue 8, Jan 2004, p99-100, il

Subject(s):

English language--Dialects--North Carolina