Is the Southern Accent Disappearing? | Otherwords

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Linguists studying the Southern American Dialect reckon that it ain't what it used to be, y'all. I do declayuh! Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential human trait of language and finds the fascinating, thought-provoking, and funny stories behind the words and sounds we take for granted. Incorporating the fields of biology, history, cultural studies, literature, and more, linguistics has something for everyone and offers a unique perspective on what it means to be human. Host: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. Creator/Director: Andrew Matthews & Katie Graham Writer: Erica Brozovsky, Ph.D. Producer: Katie Graham Editor/Animation: Andrew Matthews Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Fact Checker: Yvonne McGreevy Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Stock Images from Shutterstock Music from APM Music Otherwords is a production of Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios. © 2024 PBS. All rights reserved. sources: https://mrenwick.franklinresearch.uga.edu/southern_speech/linguistic_features https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-variation-and-change/article/boomer-peak-or-gen-x-cliff-from-svs-to-lbms-in-georgia-english/6AEA44E9263DFAE376F3BB20E087E5F9 https://www.npr.org/2023/09/17/1200026181/are-southern-accents-disappearing-linguists-say-yes https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2023/09/11/georgia-accent-disappearing https://new.nsf.gov/news/southern-community-changes-accent-fades https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2021/12/22/metro-atlanta-population-gain-new-york-chicago-los-angeles https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/08/17/michigan-accent/70523102007/ https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-accent-endangered-growing-population-language-expert-marjorie-feinstein-whittaker-david-wade/ https://www.npr.org/2023/06/18/1182941050/in-south-florida-a-new-dialect-is-forming-in-real-time https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/english-language-and-linguistics/article/dialect-levelling-and-cockney-diphthong-shift-reversal-in-south-east-england-the-case-of-the-debden-estate/7CFB4E0946C141AFAAE57A6C1F3739FB https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249700172_The_Nationalization_of_a_Southernism https://depts.washington.edu/moving1/black_reverse_migration.shtml