A-prefixing in Linguistic Atlas Project data

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-43
Author(s):  
Allison Burkette ◽  
Lamont Antieau
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
White Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Social Variation ◽  
Project Data

This paper discusses the linguistic, social, and geographic distribution of a-prefixing data in the Linguistic Atlas Project (LAP) of North America. Over 3800 instances of the a-prefix were extracted for analysis from the LAP interview data of 1527 speakers from across the United States, collected between 1931 and 2006. While the LAP a-prefix data do not generally deviate from patterns observed in the sociolinguistic literature, they do offer a more nuanced picture of infrequent prefixed forms, including uncommon constructions and verbs that appear as a-prefixed forms less frequently. A-prefixers in LAP tended to be white men, although it should be noted that between 30-47% of the female speakers in four of the surveyed LAP projects also used this feature. The geographic distribution of the feature suggests that the a-prefix is not Southern so much as it is Eastern, with pockets of lesser and greater usage as one moves westward across the country. Additionally, this paper casts the a-prefix as a rural phenomenon, rather than as a strictly Southern one, which opens the door to discussions of the feature as a means of indexing participation in (or affinity for) a rural lifestyle. Overall, this paper demonstrates that LAP data are a tremendous resource and a key piece of the puzzle of understanding regional and social variation.

scholarly journals First Report of Puccinia coronata var. coronata sensu stricto Infecting Alder Buckthorn in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-86
Author(s):  
Shawn C. Kenaley ◽  
Geoffrey Ecker ◽  
Gary C. Bergstrom
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Rust Fungus ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Puccinia Coronata ◽  
First Report

Field symptoms, host distribution, pathogen morphology, and phylogenetic analyses clearly demonstrated that the rust fungus infecting alder buckthorn in Connecticut is Puccinia coronata var. coronata sensu stricto. To our knowledge, this is the first report and confirmation of P. coronata var. coronata s.s. in the United States. Additional collections from purported aecial and telial hosts of P. coronata var. coronata s.s. are necessary to determine its host range, geographic distribution, and incidence within the United States and elsewhere in North America.

How Smooth Their Language: Authenticity and Interculturalism in the Life of Black Hawk

Prospects ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 485-511
Author(s):  
Joshua David Bellin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
White Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Indian Tribes ◽  
Low Tone

Critics seeking a paradigmatic moment in the history of Indian-white encounter will find few more suitable than the following from the life of Black Hawk, the Sauk rebel, U.S. prisoner of war, and subject if not author of the Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak or Black Hawk (1833). The episode, reported by Thomas McKenney and James Hall in The Indian Tribes of North America (1836–44), occurred after Black Hawk's brief, spectacular resistance to removal had been violently quelled; after he had been taken on a humbling tour of the East; and after his rival, Keokuk, had been installed by the United States as tribal chief. McKenney and Hall pick up the story at the conference where Keokuk's ascendancy is announced:They were then told by major Garland, that the President considered Keokuk the principal chief of the nation, and desired he should be acknowledged as such; he expected Black Hawk would listen, and conform to this arrangement. … From some mistake of the interpreter, Black Hawk understood that he was ordered to submit to the advice of Keokuk, and became greatly excited. Losing all command of himself he arose, trembling with anger, and exclaimed: “I am a man — an old man. I will not obey the counsels of anyone! I will act for myself; no one shall govern me. …”Keokuk, in a low tone, said to him: “Why do you speak thus before white men? You trembled — you did not mean what you said.

English in North America

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Hall-Lew
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Final Section ◽  
The United States ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Social Variation

This chapter provides an overview of the complex and changing picture of English in North America, focusing both on historical development and contemporary internal diversity. Some of the major differences between North America and Britain are also discussed, and comparisons are drawn between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The final section focuses on regional and social variation, drawing on both classic and contemporary research in sociolinguistics and dialectology.

Magic and Politics

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Sabina Magliocco
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
The United States ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Cultural Expression ◽  
Spirit World

This essay introduces a special issue of Nova Religio on magic and politics in the United States in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. The articles in this issue address a gap in the literature examining intersections of religion, magic, and politics in contemporary North America. They approach political magic as an essentially religious phenomenon, in that it deals with the spirit world and attempts to motivate human behavior through the use of symbols. Covering a range of practices from the far right to the far left, the articles argue against prevailing scholarly treatments of the use of esoteric technologies as a predominantly right-wing phenomenon, showing how they have also been operationalized by the left in recent history. They showcase the creativity of magic as a form of human cultural expression, and demonstrate how magic coexists with rationality in contemporary western settings.

Pentecostalism and African diaspora : a case study of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), in North America

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Rotimi Williams Omotoye
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North America ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Church Of God ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Church

Pentecostalism as a new wave of Christianity became more pronounced in 1970's and beyond in Nigeria. Since then scholars of Religion, History, Sociology and Political Science have shown keen interest in the study of the Churches known as Pentecostals because of the impact they have made on the society. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) was established by Pastor Josiah Akindayomi in Lagos,Nigeria in 1952. After his demise, he was succeeded by Pastor Adeboye Adejare Enock. The problem of study of this research was an examination of the expansion of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to North America, Caribbean and Canada. The missionary activities of the church could be regarded as a reversed mission in the propagation of Christianity by Africans in the Diaspora. The methodology adopted was historical. The primary and secondary sources of information were also germane in the research. The findings of the research indicated that the Redeemed Christian Church of God was founded in North America by Immigrants from Nigeria. Pastor Adeboye Enock Adejare had much influence on the Church within and outside the country because of his charisma. The Church has become a place of refuge for many immigrants. They are also contributing to the economy of the United States of America. However, the members of the Church were faced with some challenges, such as security scrutiny by the security agencies. In conclusion, the RCCGNA was a denomination that had been accepted and embraced by Nigerians and African immigrants in the United States of America.

Rising incidence of oral tongue cancer among white men and women in the United States, 1973–2012

Oral Oncology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 146-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph E. Tota ◽  
William F. Anderson ◽  
Charles Coffey ◽  
Joseph Califano ◽  
Wendy Cozen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Tongue Cancer ◽  
White Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Oral Tongue ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Oral Tongue Cancer ◽  
Rising Incidence
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