Dialects

Smoky Mountain Voices: A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of Horace Kephart

Farwell, Harold F., and J Karl Nicholas. Smoky Mountain Voices: A Lexicon of Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of Horace Kephart. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1993.

The Mountain Dialect

"The Mountain Dialect." The Independent 49 (1897).

Proverbs, Phrases, and Puns

Hall, Joseph Sargent. Proverbs, Phrases, and Puns. Asheville, NC: Cataloochee Press, 1972.

The Quare Gene: What Will Happen to the Secret Language of the Appalachians?

Earley, Tony. "The Quare Gene: What Will Happen to the Secret Language of the Appalachians?" The New Yorker 74, no. 28 (1998): 80-85.

Myths: How a Hunger for Roots Shapes Our Notions About Appalachian English

Montgomery, Michael Bryant. "Myths: How a Hunger for Roots Shapes Our Notions About Appalachian English." Now & Then 17, no. 2 (2000): 7-13.

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