Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

7/1/1973 - 6/30/1974

Funding Totals

$24,756.00 (approved)
$24,756.00 (awarded)


Linguistic Variation in the Spoken English of North Carolina

FAIN: RO-11641-73

Duke University (Durham, NC 27705-4677)
Ronald R. Butters (Project Director: July 1973 to present)

To investigate the regional and social dialects of North Carolina. The speech of people from three geographically respresentative North Carolina communities will be recorded, transcribed and analyzed with respect to race, sex, social class and geographical distribution.