isaac willis larison, ph. d. fulbright roving scholar: norway 2011 - 2012

Isaac Willis Larison, Ph. D. Fulbright Roving Scholar: Norway 2011 - 2012

1. There are more than 300 million people living in the USA. 2. More than 90 percent of people in the USA speak English as their first language. 3. If an American is unable to speak English, she is likely to speak Spanish, French, Japanese, or Norwegian. 1. Kentucky is in the central or middle part of the USA, but most Kentuckians speak the Southern dialect. 2. Americans who speak with a Southern or Appalachian dialect are thought to be ignorant. 3. There are 5 major dialect groups in the USA including Black English. DisagreeAgree

America the Beautiful Words by Katharine Lee Bates, Melody by Samuel Ward Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

Louisville, KY was named for King Louis XVI of France. It has a larger population than Oslo. The population of Kentucky is 5 million. Kentucky became the fifteenth state on June 1, 1792 when George Washington was president. Isaac Shelby, was elected the first Governor.

The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home, 'Tis summer, the darkies are gay; The corn-top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day. The sun shines bright on the old Kentucky home 'Tis summer, the people are gay; The corn top's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day; The young folks roll on the little cabin floor, All merry, all happy and bright; By 'n' by Hard Times comes a-knocking at the door, Then my old Kentucky home, goodnight. Chorus: Weep no more my lady Oh! weep no more today! We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home, For the Old Kentucky Home far away.

Dialectic Regions of the USA

THREE SHEETS TO THE WINDIM AS FULL AS A TICK WOULDNT TOUCH IT WITH A 10 FOOT POLE I NEED IT LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD SHE WAS MADDER THAN A WET HEN I WANT YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING SHE PRETTIED HERSELF UPIM A TALKIN TO YOU SHE LOOKED LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER LOWER THE BOOM ON SOMEONE I HAVENT SEEN YOU IN A MONTH OF SUNDAYS TAKE THE WIND OUT OF YOUR SAILS http://www.universitylanguage.com/blog/18/american-regional-english/

The New England Dialects and Boston R is dropped unless followed by a vowel originates from South of Birmingham and West to London in UK. EXAMPLES = PARK YOUR CAR = PAHK YAH CAH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbK4cL3 QSc0

The New York City Dialects includes Long Island and Lower Hudson River Valley generally spoken by middle and working class European Americans. Dutch and English influence as well as many other nationalities and ethnic groups. Borrowed words and phrases from the world over. EXAMPLES = PARK YOUR CAR = POORK YOOR COOR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kszVrBKcSus&feature=relate d 5 boroughs of NYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hrA9-6o4tI

The Great Lakes Northern Cities Dialect Short Vowel A is elongated and flattened, R is preserved and articulated in words. This linguistic shift is generally associated with the construction of the Erie Canal in the late 19 th century. EXAMPLE = THE CAT IN THE HAT = THEH CEE-AT IAN THEH HEE AT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UoJ1-ZGb1w

The Upper Midwest Dialects - Characterized by the conservation of a vowel sound in a syllable, influenced by Scandinavian language patterns - Monophthongal. EXAMPLE I DONT KNOW THE ANSWER = I D- OL -NT KN- OL -W THE ANSWER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yByv7a2KyyU

Make a list of English words that end with ight example LIGHT or, make a list of two-syllable English words that end with the long O sound spelled ow - example window Give 5 examples of Norwegian words that are spoken differently in various parts of Norway.

The relative inaccessibility of the region allowed for the development of a distinct speech pattern often elongating sounds especially the sound for I in RIGHT = RIIIGHT or RAT and/or breaking a single vowel into additional sounds SHIFT = SHEE - IFT ICECREAM = I-ACE CEREEAM - I Pronounced as AH FIRE = FAR and TIRE = TAR Adding R where it isnt used = WINDOW = WINDER FELLOW = FELLER Grammatical Feature in the Appalachian dialect attaching a prefix soundAH to verbs when retelling stories or recounting events. We were ah-laughing and ah-crying at the same time. Using the regular past tense for irregular verbs. GROW/GROWN = GROW/GROWED http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A4To1wGb9M&feature=fvwrel Appalachian Mountain Southern Dialect

The Southern dialects descend from British immigrants who came to the region in the 17 th and 18 th century including large numbers of Protestants from Ireland and Scotland The dialect features are more common among older speakersThey preserve the difference sounds in PEN and PIN; and FEEL and FILL; and FELL and FAIL. In some cases the words are pronounced as oppositesFAIL sounds like FELL etc. SHEE FA-IL DA-OWN THA STA-ERS. Final D and T consonants are missing from words AND = AN or IN and TOLD = TOL and stress is usually placed on the first syllableJUly and POlice And of course the well known contraction Yall for You all -------TABLEAU-------

From the Migration Series by Jacob Lawrence

' LIAS! 'Lias! Bless de Lawd! Don' you know de day's erbroad? Ef you don' git up, you scamp, Dey'll be trouble in dis camp. Tink I gwine to let you sleep W'ile I meks yo' boa'd an' keep? Dat's a putty howdy-do-- Don' you hyeah me, 'Lias you? Well, thish-yer Smiley had a yaller one-eyed cow that didnt have no tail, only jest a short stump like a bannanner, and ---- Mark Twain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6rpT4Koxow&feature=endscreen&NR=1

Developed as a creole and is spoken primarily by descendants of enslaved Africans because they were forced to learn English quickly most influenced by the speech of Southern whites, but distinctly different from American Standard English. No use of the linking verb TO BE or only using one form of the construction which is common in West African languages. I am working at the store. = I be workin at the sto. OR I workin at the sto. Loss of final consonant sounds very similar to aristocratic southern English POOR = PO and STORE = STO The use of double negatives and the use of AINT in place of ISNT Loss of the NG word endingsREADING = READIN and WRITING = WRITIN

A large number of West African words are used in American Standard English. Gullah, a dialect of Black English is still spoken along the Georgia coast. It is more closely related to the original pidgin/creole that was spoken by the enslaved Africans. The migration of African Americans to northern cities in the 1920 allowed Black English to grow and develop. The Gullah phrase "Kumbayah ("Come By Here") became known throughout the United States and world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhAiTuTI8Vs

These sentences are examples of how Gullah was spoken in the 19th century: Uh gwine gone dey tomorruh. "I will go there tomorrow."[I'm going to go there tomorrow] Dem yent yeddy wuh oonuh say. "They did not hear what you said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvuWSJI87r8&feature=re lated

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