Speaking Of Alabama
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Speaking Of Alabama
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Author : Thomas E. Nunnally
language : en
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Release Date : 2018-12-18
Speaking Of Alabama written by Thomas E. Nunnally and has been published by University Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Informative and entertaining essays on the accents, dialects, and speech patterns particular to Alabama Thomas E. Nunnally’s fascinating volume presents essays by linguists who examine with affection and curiosity the speech varieties occurring both past and present across Alabama. Taken together, the accounts in this volume offer an engaging view of the major features that characterize Alabama’s unique brand of southern English. Written in an accessible manner for general readers and scholars alike, Speaking of Alabama includes such subjects as the special linguistic features of the Southern drawl, the “phonetic divide” between north and south Alabama, “code-switching” by African American speakers in Alabama, pejorative attitudes by Alabama speakers toward their own native speech, the influence of foreign languages on Alabama speech to the vibrant history and continuing influence of non-English languages in the state, as well as ongoing changes in Alabama’s dialects. Adding to these studies is a foreword by Walt Wolfram and an afterword by Michael B. Montgomery, both renowned experts in southern English, which place both the methodologies and the findings of the volume into their larger contexts and point researchers to needed work ahead in Alabama, the South, and beyond. The volume also contains a number of useful appendices, including a guide to the sounds of Southern English, a glossary of linguistic terms, and online sources for further study. Language, as presented in this collection, is never abstract but always examined in the context of its speakers’ day-to-day lives, the driving force for their communication needs and choices. Whether specialist or general reader, Alabamian or non-Alabamian, all readers will come away from these accounts with a deepened understanding of how language functions between individuals, within communities, and across regions, and will gain a new respect for the driving forces behind language variation and language change.
Life Without Speaking
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Author : Mary Ruefle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Life Without Speaking written by Mary Ruefle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Poetry categories.
Ordinary And Sacred As Blood
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Author : Mary C. Moran
language : en
Publisher: Rivers Edge Publishing Company
Release Date : 1999-07-01
Ordinary And Sacred As Blood written by Mary C. Moran and has been published by Rivers Edge Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-07-01 with Alabama categories.
A Time To Speak
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Author : Charles Morgan
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2022-02
A Time To Speak written by Charles Morgan and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"With a new foreword by former Alabama senator Doug Jones, the key figure in the successful prosecution of two of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombers in 2001 and 2002, this new edition of A Time to Speak brings back into print a classic account of courage and calamity in the long march towards racial justice in the South, and the nation"--
An Alabama Story
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Author : Daniel Hammarberg
language : en
Publisher: Daniel Hammarberg
Release Date : 2012-12-05
An Alabama Story written by Daniel Hammarberg and has been published by Daniel Hammarberg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-05 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
An Alabama Story is based on the accounts a southern man living in Alabama related to the author - he will here be referred to as Billy Bob. When Hammarberg came across Billy Bob, he was able to share in captivating tales of Billy Bob's family life and how he and his family (here called the Hix) had interacted with their surrounding community. When Billy Bob let the author share in his tales, he made the author swear that he wouldn't let anyone else hear about them. Yet the author decided that these tales were simply too remarkable for the world to be denied them. Hence this book was written, a compilation of the tales Billy Bob had told the author about a year in the life of the Hix family. Hopefully Billy Bob will forgive Hammarberg for breaking his vow and publishing the book. Billy Bob insisted that even though many of his tales simply required the suspension of disbelief, every single one of them were absolutely true. But since the author doesn't want to jeopardize his good name by categorizing this work as non-fiction, in the case that some of them turn out not true, it sorts under Young-Adult Fiction. Inside the covers of this book, the reader will be treated to anecdotes like these from the Hix family life: The time the Hix burglarized a mansion as a family and brought home a hundred grand's worth of loot The time Billy Bob and one of his sons chased all the blacks out of the Birmingham welfare office How Billy Bob managed to prevent his lesbian daughter from marrying a 50-year-old woman The story of when Billy Bob ran for mayor of Birmingham How two of the family members became local heroes in the pro-wrestling circus During this year, the family ran into a number of celebrities as well, and these encounters are retold in full detail. Hopefully reading the book will bring many hours of enjoyment, and perhaps even spark a debate about freedom of speech. Speaking of free speech - prior to the publication of this novel, certain well-known voices in American public life demanded that their commentary on the book would be included with its distribution. The author had no problems with including them, and their messages are listed below: "Once again the white devil has put his racist sentiments on display for all of us to see. Peaceful activists such as myself are doing the best we can to let our nation heal the wounds it's suffered under white supremacist rule, then this book comes along and ruins it all!" /A. Sharpton "This book will singlehandedly set us back at least 50 years in the struggle for women's liberation. Not a single woman in this book has a career or works for a living; and even worse, the family's lesbian daughter is constantly bullied throughout the whole book!" /J. Fonda "This is an outrage! In spite of a lifetime spent fighting for civil rights, I'm being scoffed and ridiculed in the pages of this book! Us blacks need to picket the Capitol over this!" /J. Jackson "I fear that after this book has been widely circulated, even more young queers than today will make that tragic step into the great beyond by taking their own lives, tormented by homophobia. Before you buy this book, think of the children!" /D. Savage "I feel that the language and the narrative elements of this book are very racially divisive and that they're entirely inappropriate for 21st-century America. I'm especially appalled at the disrespectful references to me as a person and I urge you not to buy the book!" /B.H. Obama For more information, go to alabamastory.com.
Dictionary Of The Alabama Language
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Author : Cora Sylestine
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 1993-05-01
Dictionary Of The Alabama Language written by Cora Sylestine and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-05-01 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The Alabama language, a member of the Muskogean language family, is spoken today by the several hundred inhabitants of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation in Polk County, Texas. This dictionary of Alabama was begun over fifty years ago by tribe member Cora Sylestine. She was aided after 1980 by linguists Heather K. Hardy and Timothy Montler, who completed work on the dictionary after her death. This state-of-the-art analytical dictionary contains over 8,000 entries of roots, stems, and compounds in the Alabama-English section. Each entry contains precise definitions, full grammatical analyses, agreement and other part-of-speech classifications, variant pronunciations, example sentences, and extensive cross-references to stem entries. The Alabama-English section is followed by a thorough English-Alabama finder list that functions as a full index to the definitions in the Alabama-English section.
Politics Society And The Klan In Alabama 1915 1949
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Author : Glenn Feldman
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 1999-09-24
Politics Society And The Klan In Alabama 1915 1949 written by Glenn Feldman and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-24 with History categories.
This first book-length examination of the Klan in Alabama represents exhaustive research that challenges traditional interpretations. The Ku Klux Klan has wielded considerable power both as a terrorist group and as a political force. Usually viewed as appearing in distinct incarnations, the Klans of the 20th century are now shown by Glenn Feldman to have a greater degree of continuity than has been previously suspected. Victims of Klan terrorism continued to be aliens, foreigners, or outsiders in Alabama: the freed slave during Reconstruction, the 1920s Catholic or Jew, the 1930s labor organizer or Communist, and the returning black veteran of World War II were all considered a threat to the dominant white culture. Feldman offers new insights into this "qualified continuity" among Klans of different eras, showing that the group remained active during the 1930s and 1940s when it was presumed dormant, with elements of the "Reconstruction syndrome" carrying over to the smaller Klan of the civil rights era. In addition, Feldman takes a critical look at opposition to Klan activities by southern elites. He particularly shows how opponents during the Great Depression and war years saw the Klan as an impediment to attracting outside capital and federal relief or as a magnet for federal action that would jeopardize traditional forms of racial and social control. Other critics voiced concerns about negative national publicity, and others deplored the violence and terrorism. This in-depth examination of the Klan in a single state, which features rare photographs, provides a means of understanding the order's development throughout the South. Feldman's book represents definitive research into the history of the Klan and makes a major contribution to our understanding of both that organization and the history of Alabama.
Yea Alabama A Peek Into The Past Of One Of The Most Storied Universities In The Nation
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Author : David M. Battles
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-11
Yea Alabama A Peek Into The Past Of One Of The Most Storied Universities In The Nation written by David M. Battles and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-11 with History categories.
This Yea, Alabama historical series explores the narrative of the storied University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the United States, in a way not previously published. Years of research into primary documents, many only recently discovered or rediscovered, bring to the fore many new facts, new stories, new characters, new revelations, and new photos that offer the fullest picture of the University yet. This history of bringing higher education to what was just a few years earlier the American western frontier is filled with enthralling human interest stories that, just in volume one (1819–1871), include: • dramatic intergenerational rivalries (wilderness-influenced, wealthy young men challenging professors and presidents whom the students consider to be of a lower social class) that on more than one occasion force the University to close its doors and try again; • political power and intrigue that often bring the school to its knees; • town versus gown issues that sometimes explode onto the pages of history; • a fateful decision that brings the University into the crosshairs of the Union, ultimately resulting in the near total destruction of the institution; • the University’s multiyear post-bellum effort to reopen that witnesses major confrontations between the people of Alabama and the radical state government; • the never-before-told story of the University of Alabama, African Americans, and slavery.
An Irresistible History Of Alabama Barbecue From Wood Pit To White Sauce
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Author : Mark A. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2017-08-07
An Irresistible History Of Alabama Barbecue From Wood Pit To White Sauce written by Mark A. Johnson and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with History categories.
From Muscle Shoals to Mobile, Alabamians enjoy fabulous barbecue at home, at club meetings and at countless eateries. In the 1820s, however, a group of reformers wanted to eliminate the southern staple because politicians used it to entice voters. As the state and nation changed through wars and the civil rights movement, so did Alabama barbecue. Alabama restaurants like Big Bob Gibson's, Dreamland and Jim 'n Nick's have earned fans across the country. Mark A. Johnson traces the development of the state's famous food from the earliest settlement of the state to the rise of barbecue restaurants.
The Alabama Coushatta Indians
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Author : Jonathan B. Hook
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 1997
The Alabama Coushatta Indians written by Jonathan B. Hook and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Alabama Indians categories.
Hook describes what is known of the various European intrusions into Creek (Muskhogean) culture and how these changed hte tribal life of the Alabamas and Coushattas, eventually leading them to the reservation they now share in Southeast Texas.