linguistics
![Brody McCurdy, Walt Wolfram and Lydia Elrod stand together and laugh outside Tompkins Hall in the Court of North Carolina.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Wolfram_header.jpg)
Linguistic Research Team Preserves Local Dialects and Culture
![Map of North Carolina dialect areas](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Wolfram-Dialect-Areas-Header.jpg)
6 Expressions Say it All: Language Variation in the Tar Heel State
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How Memes Use Humor to Discredit African-American English
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The Linguistics Behind Dialects
![Danica Cullinan speaks with a subject as part of a shoot for Talking Black in America.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/danica-talking-black.jpg)
Talking Black in America
![NC State graduate and linguistics enthusiast Jessica Hatcher.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/JHatcher_credited-848x477.jpg)