Walter Wolfram

Wolfram, W. (2023). Addressing Linguistic Inequality in Higher Education: A Proactive Model. DAEDALUS, 152(3), 36–51. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_02016

Wolfram, W., Hudley, A. H. C., & Valdes, G. (2023, August 1). Language & Social Justice in the United States: An Introduction. DAEDALUS, Vol. 152, pp. 5–17. https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_e_02014

Wolfram, W. (2023). [Review of The potential of sociolinguistic impact: Lessons from the first 50 years]. LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS COMPASS, 17(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.12487

Bissell, M., & Wolfram, W. (2022). OPPOSITIONAL IDENTITY AND BACK-VOWEL FRONTING IN A TRIETHNIC CONTEXT: THE CASE OF LUMBEE ENGLISH. AMERICAN SPEECH, 97(1), 51–68. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-9116251

Wolfram, W. (2021, August 1). REMEMBERING RON BUTTERS, 1940-2021: AMERICAN SPEECH AND THE AMERIC AN DIALECT SOCIETY. AMERICAN SPEECH, Vol. 96, pp. 295–296. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-9370864

Wolfram, W., & Bissell, M. (2021). Stability and change in native American Indian English: the case of Lumbee English in North Carolina. REVISTA DA ANPOLL, 52(SI), 82–102. https://doi.org/10.18309/ranpoll.v52iesp.1586

Smith, A., Wolfram, W., & Cullinan, D. (2020). SIGNING BLACK IN AMERICA: THE STORY OF BLACK AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. AMERICAN SPEECH, 95(2), 253–260. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-8501401

Forrest, J., & Wolfram, W. (2019). THE STATUS OF (ING) IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LANGUAGE: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL FACTORS AND INTERNAL CONSTRAINTS. AMERICAN SPEECH, 94(1), 72–90. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-7308049

Wolfram, W., & Waldorf, K. (2019). Talking Black in America The role of the documentary in public education. ENGLISH TODAY, 35(1), 3–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078418000500

Myrick, C., & Wolfram, W. (Eds.). (2019). The five-minute linguist : bite-sized essays on language and languages /. Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT: Equinox Publishing Ltd.

Wolfram, W. (2018). CHANGING ETHNOLINGUISTIC PERCEPTIONS IN THE SOUTH. AMERICAN SPEECH, 93(3-4), 344–373. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-7271228

Wolfram, W. (2018). The (in)significance of facts in sociolinguistic engagement. Language in Society, 47(3), 374–377. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404518000325

Dunstan, S. B., Eads, A., Jaeger, A. J., & Wolfram, W. (2018). The Importance of Graduate Student Engagement in a Campus Language Diversity Initiative. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS, 46(3), 215–228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424218783446

Wolfram, W., Rick, C. M., Forrest, J., & Fox, M. J. (2016). THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LINGUISTIC VARIATION IN THE SPEECHES OF REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AMERICAN SPEECH, 91(3), 269–300. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-3701015

Dunstan, S. B., Wolfram, W., Jaeger, A. J., & Crandall, R. E. (2015). EDUCATING THE EDUCATED: LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN THE UNIVERSITY BACKYARD. AMERICAN SPEECH, 90(2), 266–280. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-3130368

Wolfram, W. (2014). Talkin' tar heel: How our voices tell the story of North Carolina. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press.

Wolfram, W. (2012, March). In the Profession: Connecting with the Public. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS, Vol. 40, pp. 111–117. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424211428269

Wolfram, W. (2011). [Review of Investigating variation: The effects of social organization and social setting.]. Language, 87(4), 904–908. https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2011.0093

Van Hofwegen, J., & Wolfram, W. (2010). Coming of age in African American English: A longitudinal study. JOURNAL OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS, 14(4), 427–455. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9841.2010.00452.x

Engagement, T. F. (2010). Integrating learning, discovery, and engagement through the scholarship of engagement. In Technical Report- Not held in TRLN member libraries. Raleigh, NC: NCSU Office of Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development.

Kendall, T., & Wolfram, W. (2009). Local and External Language Standards in African American English. JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LINGUISTICS, 37(4), 305–330. https://doi.org/10.1177/0075424209339281

produced, Neal Hutcheson, & producer, W. W. (2008). The Carolina brogue. [Raleigh, NC]: North Carolina Language and Life Project,|cc2008.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (2006). American English: Dialects and variation. In (Language in society (Oxford, England); 25). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

American voices: How dialects differ from coast to coast. (2006). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Wolfram, W. (2006). Dialect in danger (Outer Banks, NC). In W. Wolfram & B. Ward (Eds.), American voices: How dialects differ from coast to coast. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Wolfram, W. (2006). From the brickhouse to the swamp (Lumbee vernacular English). In W. Wolfram & B. Ward (Eds.), American voices: How dialects differ from coast to coast. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Wolfram, W. (2006). Islands of diversity (Bahamas). In W. Wolfram & B. Ward (Eds.), American voices: How dialects differ from coast to coast. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (2006). Language evolution or dying traditions?: The state of American dialects. In W. Wolfram & B. Ward (Eds.), American voices: How dialects differ from coast to coast. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.

Hutcheson, N., & Wolfram, W. (2005). Queen family [videorecording]: Appalachian tradition & back porch music. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Humanities Extension.

Wolfram, W., Carter, P., & Moriello, B. (2004). Emerging Hispanic English: New dialect formation in the American South. JOURNAL OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS, 8(3), 339–358. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9841.2004.00264.x

Hutcheson, N., & Wolfram, W. (2004). Voices of North Carolina [videorecording]: Language, dialect, and identity in the Tarheel state. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University Humanities Extension.

Wolfram, W. (2003). African Americans by the sea. Mullet Wrapper, 5(2).

Wolfram, W. (2003). Dialect enclaves in the South. In S. Nagle & S. Sanders (Eds.), Language in the New South (pp. 141–158). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (2003). Dialectology and language diffusion. In B. D. Joseph & R. D. Janda (Eds.), The handbook of historical linguistics (pp. 713–735). https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470756393.ch24

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (2003). Language change in "conservative" dialects: The case of past tense be in southern enclave communities. AMERICAN SPEECH, Vol. 78, pp. 208–227. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-78-2-208

Wolfram, W. (2003). Language variation in the American South: An introduction. AMERICAN SPEECH, Vol. 78, pp. 123–129. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-78-2-123

Wolfram, W. (2003). On constructing vernacular dialect norms. In C. B. Paulston & G. R. Tucker (Eds.), Handbook of historical linguistics (pp. 251–272). Malden/Oxford: Blackwell.

Wolfram, W. (2003, June). Reexamining the development of African American English: Evidence from isolated communities. LANGUAGE, Vol. 79, pp. 282–316. https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2003.0144

Wolfram, W. (2002). African Americans by the sea. In C. Beal & C. A. Prioli (Eds.), Life at the edge of the sea: Essays on North Carolina's coast and coastal culture (Essays on North Carolina's coast and coastal culture ; v. 1) (pp. 113–122). Wilmington, NC: Coastal Carolina Press.

Mallinson, C., & Wolfram, W. (2002). Dialect accommodation in a bi-ethnic mountain enclave community: More evidence on the development of African American English. LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY, 31(5), 743–775. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404502315021

Wolfram, W., Dannenberg, C., Knick, S., & Oxendine, L. (2002). Fine in the world: Lumbee language in time and place. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University, Humanities Extension/Publications.

Wolfram, W. (2002). From definition to policy: The ideological struggle of African American vernacular English. In J. E. Alatis & A.-H. Tan (Eds.), Georgetown University Roundtable on Language and Linguistics (pp. 292–313). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.

Wolfram, W., Chambers, J. K., Trudgill, P., & Schilling-Estes, N. (2002). Language death and dying. In P. T. J. K. Chambers & N. Schilling-Estes (Eds.), The handbook of language variation and change (pp. 764–787). Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers.

Wolfram, W. (2002). Speech at the beach: The Outer Banks brogue. In C. Beal & C. A. Prioli (Eds.), Life at the edge of the sea: Essays on North Carolina's coast and coastal culture (Essays on North Carolina's coast and coastal culture ; v. 1) (pp. 9–22). Wilmington, NC: Coastal Carolina Press.

Thomas, E. R., & Wolfram, W. (2002). The development of African American English. Oxford, UK; Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Wolfram, W. (2002). The significance of Lumbee dialect. Carolina Indian Voice, (2002 Jan. 21).

Wolfram, W. (2002). Y?all. The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs.

Wolfram, W. (2001). [Review of Both insider and outsider (Tangier Island:  people, place, and talk by David L. Shore)]. American Speech, 76(3), 320–323.

Wolfram, W. (2001). From the brick house to the swamp. American Language Review, 5(4), 34–38.

Wolfram, W. (2001). On constructing vernacular dialect norms. The Morpho-Syntax Interface, the Acquisition of Syntax, and the Myth of Standard English, 36(2), 335–358.

Wolfram, W. (2001). Ralph W. Fasold. In Concise encyclopedia of sociolinguistics (p. 863). Amsterdam ; New York: Elsevier.

Wolfram, W. (2001). Reconsidering the sociolinguistic agenda for African-American English. In Sociocultural and historical contexts of African American vernacular English: University of Georgia, 29-30 September, 1998 (pp. 309–340).

Wolfram, W. (2001). [Review of Tangier Island: Place, people, and talk]. American Speech, 76(3), 323–326.

Wolfram, W. (2000). Dialect in danger. American Language Review, 4(6), 21–24.

Peyton, J., Griffin, P., Wolfram, W., & Fasold, R. W. (2000). Endangered dialects and social commitment. Language in Action: New Studies of Language in Society, 335–358.

Wolfram, W. (2000). Everybody has a dialect. Teaching Tolerance, 18(Fall), 18–23.

Wolfram, W. (2000). Issues in reconstructing Earlier African American English. World Englishes, 19(1), 39–58.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (2000). Language evolution or dying tradition: The state of American dialects. American Language Review, 4(May/June), 13–17.

Wolfram, W. (2000). Linguistic diversity and the public interest. AMERICAN SPEECH, 75(3), 278–280. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-75-3-278

Wolfram, W. (2000). On constructing vernacular dialect norms. In A. Okrent & J. P. Boyle (Eds.), CLS 36. [Part 2], the panels: The 36th meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (pp. 335–358). Chicago, Ill.: The Society.

Wolfram, W. (2000). Reconstructing the history of AAVE: New data on an old theme. Berkeley Linguistics Society: Conference Program, 26 February 18-21, 2000 Session III: Sociolinguistics, 26(2000), 333–348. https://doi.org/10.3765/bls.v26i1.1152

Wolfram, W. (2000). The changing scope of dialect variation: A transcontinental perpsective. Te Reo, (41), 45–61.

Wolfram, W., Thomas, E. R., & Green, E. W. (2000). The regional context of earlier African American speech: Evidence for reconstructing the development of AAVE. LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY, 29(3), 315–355. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404500003018

Wolfram, W., & Beckett, D. (2000). The role of the individual and group in earlier African American English. AMERICAN SPEECH, 75(1), 3–33. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-75-1-3

Schilling-Estes, N., & Wolfram, W. (1999). Alternative models of dialect death: Dissipation vs. concentration. Language, 75(3), 486–521. https://doi.org/10.2307/417058

Wolfram, W., & Adger, C. T. (1999). Demythologizing the home/school dichotomy: Sociolinguistic reality and instructional practice. In Language in action: New studies of language in society. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1999.

Wolfram, W. (1999). Dialect awareness programs in the school and community. In Language alive in the classroom (pp. 47–66). Westport, Conn.: Praeger.

Wolfram, W., Adger, C. T., & Christian, D. (1999). Dialects in schools and communities. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Wolfram, W. (1999, June). English with an accent: Language ideology and discrimination in the United States. LANGUAGE, Vol. 75, pp. 362–365. https://doi.org/10.2307/417270

Wolfram, W., & Sellers, J. (1999). Ethnolinguistic marking of past be in Lumbee Vernacular English. Journal of English Linguistics, 27(1999), 94–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/007542429902700203

Wolfram, W. (1999). Repercusssions from the Oakland ebonics controversy: the critical role of dialect awareness. In D. C. C. T. Adger & O. L. Taylor (Eds.), Making the connection: Language and academic achievement among African American students, proceedings of a conference of the Coalition on Language Diversity in Education  (Language in education; 2) (pp. 61–80). [Washington: Center for Applied Linguistics; McHenry, IL: Delta Systems Co.

Wolfram, W. (1999, December). Sociolinguistic perspectives: Papers on language in society, 1959-1994. LANGUAGE IN SOCIETY, Vol. 28, pp. 588–591. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404599244041

Wolfram, W. (1999). What's in a word? News and Observer [Raleigh, N.C.], (1999 Mar. 14), A21.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (1998). American English: Dialects and variation. Cambridge, Oxford; Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers.

Wolfram, W. (1998). Black children are verbally deprived. In L. Bauer & P. Trudgill (Eds.), Language myths (pp. 103–112). London: Penguin Books, 1998.

Wolfram, W. (1998). Dialect awareness and the study of language. In A. Egan-Robertson & D. Bloome (Eds.), Students as researchers of culture and language in their own communities (pp. 167–190). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (1998). Endangered dialects: a neglected siutuation in the endangerment canon. Southwest Journal of Linguistics, 14(1998), 117–131.

Dannerberg, C., & Wolfram, W. (1998). Ethnic identity and grammatical restructuring: be(s) in Lumbee English. AMERICAN SPEECH, 73(2), 139–159. https://doi.org/10.2307/455737

Wolfram, W. (1998). Language ideology and dialect: Understanding the Oakland ebonics controversy. Journal of English Linguistics, 26(2), 108–121. https://doi.org/10.1177/007542429802600203

Wolfram, W. (1998). Linguistic and sociolinguistic prerequisites for teaching language. In J. S. Simmons & L. Baines (Eds.), Language study in middle, high school, and beyond (pp. 72–109). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Wolfram, W. (1998). Scrutinizing linguistic gratuity: A view from the field. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2(2), 271–279. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9481.00044

Wolfram, W., & Sellers, J. (1998). The Carolina connection in Cherokee Sound. North Carolina Literary Review, 7(1998), 86–87.

Martin, S., & Wolfram, W. (1998). The sentence in African American vernacular English. In African American vernacular English: Features, evolution, educational implications (pp. 11–37). Malden, Mass.: Blackwel Publishers.

Wolfram, W. (1997). Dialect in society. In The handbook of sociolinguistics (pp. 107–126). Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers.

Wolfram, W., & Fasold, R. W. (1997). Field methods in the study of social dialects. In Sociolinguistics: A reader and coursebook (pp. 89–116). New York: Arnold.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (1997). Hoi toide on the Outer Banks: The story of the Ocracoke brogue. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.

Wolfram, W., Hazen, K., & Tamburro, J. R. (1997). Isolation within isolation: a solitary century of African American vernacular English. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1(1), 7–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9481.00002

Wolfram, W. (1997). Issues in dialect obsolescence + Linguistics, American speech: An introduction. AMERICAN SPEECH, Vol. 72, pp. 3–11. https://doi.org/10.2307/455605

Wolfram, W. (1997). Old wine in new bottles: Understanding the Oakland ebonics controversy. Special Interest Divisions. Language Learning and Education., 4(2), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.1044/lle4.2.3

Wolfram, W. (1997). Orderly approches to disorderly change. Anglistentag 1997 Dresden, (1997), 1–14. Dresden, Germany: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier.

Wolfram, W. (1997). Revolving dialect status: levels of evidence in the establishment of African American vernacular English forms. In T. N. C. Bernstein & R. Sabino (Eds.), Language variety in the South revisited (pp. 490–508). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.

Wolfram, W., & Schilling-Estes, N. (1997). Symbolic identity and language change: A comparative analysis of post-insular /ay/ and /aw/. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics, 4(1), 83–109.

Wolfram, W. (1997). The role of dialect differences in cross-cultural communication: proactive dialect awareness. Bulletin Suisse De Linguistique Appliquee
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Wolfram, W., Schilling-Estes, N., Hazen, K., & Craig, C. (1997). The sociolinguistic complexity of quasi-isolated southern coastal communities. In T. N. C. Bernstein & R. Sabino (Eds.), Language variety in the South revisited (pp. 173–187). Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.