Fine in the World - Lumbee Language in Time and Place (Paperback)

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Stripped of their ancestral languages generations ago, the Lumbee Indians of Robeson Count, North Carolina, carved out a unique dialect of English to maintain their linguistic identity. The story of Lumbee English is one of the most remarkable narratives of linguistic adaptability and cultural perseverance ever documented in the history of American English dialects.

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Stripped of their ancestral languages generations ago, the Lumbee Indians of Robeson Count, North Carolina, carved out a unique dialect of English to maintain their linguistic identity. The story of Lumbee English is one of the most remarkable narratives of linguistic adaptability and cultural perseverance ever documented in the history of American English dialects.

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The University of North Carolina Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

May 2021

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235 x 191mm (L x W)

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Paperback

ISBN-13

978-1-4696-6140-7

Barcode

9781469661407

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1-4696-6140-3



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