Dialect Loss and Innovation: Documentaries and Outreach Program

北卡罗莱纳州立大学计划制作两部关于美国东南部语言多样性的一小时纪录片，一部是关于北卡罗莱纳州外滩地区逐渐消失的传统英语，暂定名为《外滩消失的声音》，另一部是关于大西洋中部南部地区西班牙语和西班牙语英语的出现，暂定名为《新美国南部的西班牙之音》。该项目与美国国家科学基金会研究基金BCS-0542139“美国南部新旧民族方言配置”有关，但它也与PI广泛的、正在进行的与语言多样性有关的公共宣传活动有关。该项目有助于公众了解美国社会的语言多样性以及语言在社区生活中的社会作用。

North Carolina State University proposes to produce two one-hour documentaries on language diversity in the southeastern United States, one on a receding traditional variety of English on the Outer Banks of North Carolina tentatively titled Vanishing Voices of the Outer Banks, and one on the emergence of Spanish and Hispanic English in the Mid-Atlantic South tentatively titled The Spanish Voice in the New American South. The project is related to NSF research grant BCS-0542139, Old and New Ethnic Dialect Configuration in the American South," but it also connects with the PI's extensive, ongoing public outreach activities related to linguistic diversity. The project contributes to the public understanding of language diversity in American society and the social role of language in community life.