Tangier Island
Subtitle: place, people, and talk
By: David L. Shores.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Newark; London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: English language -- Dialects -- Virginia -- Tangier Island.; Tangier Island (Va.) -- History.; Tangier Island (Va.) -- Social life and customs.; Tangier Island (Va.) -- Languages.
Description: "Tangier is a mere dot of land in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay situated just below the Maryland-Virginia line. This study is an account of the Islanders' beginnings in the late 1700s, a portrait of them as an isolated community under siege, and a description of the way they talk."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-284)  and index.