Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 08:15:26 -0500

From: Natalie Maynor maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]RA.MSSTATE.EDU

Subject: Fiddling in Appalachia



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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 15:29:22 -0400

Sender: hel-l[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ebbs.english.vt.edu

From: Allan Robb Allan_Robb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BAYLOR.EDU

Subject: Appala. Dialects and the Fiddle



One of my collegues has a master's student who wants to write a chapter

in his American Studies thesis attempting to match up Appalachian dialects

with styles of fiddling. This is outside my area of interest, and any help

would be greatly appreciated. What is needed, I think, is a series of detailed

descriptions of Appalachian dialects and subdialects, and some detailed

dialect maps. Older materials would be especially welcome.

Reply privately, and I will summerize for the net if there is any general

interest.



Cheers,

Allan Robb

Baylor University Dept. of English

Allan_Robb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Baylor.edu