cynthia bernstein, after ten years at Auburn University, recently joined the English Department at the University of Memphis, where she teaches in a new Ph.D. program in language study. She has published books and articles on language variation, survey methodology, and literary pragmatics. She is currently writing a book dispelling some myths about Southern United States English and arguing that an accurate picture depends upon recognizing the limits of one's research methods.
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American Dialect Society
2000
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