Language and Life on Ocracoke
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Language and Life on Ocracoke

The Living History of the Brogue

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Language and Life on Ocracoke

The Living History of the Brogue

About this book

In this follow-up to the celebrated Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, and Candy Gaskill have produced the most comprehensive linguistic look at Ocracoke yet. Many visitors are drawn to Ocracoke’s natural beauty and fascinating dialect, known as the Ocracoke Brogue. During the summer on the island, despite the required ferry ride to even set foot there, tourists (or, as the locals might call them, dingbatters or tourons) can easily outnumber residents fifteen to one. Though small in number, O'Cockers remain as iconic as the lighthouse.

The authors have continued to study Ocracoke and the Ocracoke Brogue while also participating in and partnering with the community itself. Building on the legacy of Hoi Toide, this book includes 120 new interviews with Ocracokers, documenting their evolving language and culture. With this prolonged and comprehensive approach to the region, the authors document the island’s changes, providing readers with a deeply researched, empathetic, and engagingly written snapshot of one of North Carolina’s most cherished places, one with a linguistic heritage worth celebrating.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1. Do They Take American Money Over There?
  10. Chapter 2. Who Speaks the Brogue?
  11. Chapter 3. What Words Do O’Cockers Use to Talk about Ocracoke?
  12. Chapter 4. Is the Brogue Shakespearean English?
  13. Chapter 5. Is the Brogue Pirate Talk?
  14. Chapter 6. Where Did the Brogue Come From?
  15. Chapter 7. What Is the Difference between an Accent, a Dialect, and a Language?
  16. Chapter 8. How Do You Study a Dialect?
  17. Chapter 9. Why Would Anyone Study Dialects?
  18. Chapter 10. What Is the Ocracoke Accent Like?
  19. Chapter 11. Is the Brogue Just Bad Grammar?
  20. Chapter 12. Do Men and Women on Ocracoke Speak Differently? by Natalie Schilling, PhD
  21. Chapter 13. Can Dingbatters Understand the Brogue?
  22. Chapter 14. What Are the Artistic and Linguistic Performances on Ocracoke? by Natalie Schilling, PhD
  23. Chapter 15. What Is the Weather Like on Ocracoke? by Natalie Schilling, PhD
  24. Chapter 16. What Is the Worst Storm in Ocracoke’s History?
  25. Chapter 17. What Did the Old-Timers Sound Like?
  26. Chapter 18. How Is the Brogue Changing?
  27. Chapter 19. Do They Teach the Brogue at School?
  28. Chapter 20. Are There African Americans on the Outer Banks?
  29. Chapter 21. What Does an African American Family on Ocracoke Sound Like?
  30. Chapter 22. How Has Spanish Changed the Language Landscape of Ocracoke? by Maria Coady, PhD, and Jodie Roberson
  31. Chapter 23. What Is the Ocracoke Latino Community Like?
  32. Chapter 24. What Will Happen to the Brogue?
  33. Index