26439466
9781885647535
Stripped of their ancestral languages generations ago, the Lumbee Indians of Robeson County, 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 perserverance ever documented in the history of American English dialects.Wolfram, Walt is the author of 'Fine in the World : Lumbee Language in Time and Place', published 2002 under ISBN 9781885647535 and ISBN 1885647530.
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