: : : What's "in the holler" supposed to mean here? Without the influence of diverse communities of other Appalachians such as African American Appalachians, the southern Appalachian speech and culture simply would not be what it is today. Definition of. Language lovers may marvel at this unique linguistic quilt, a thing of threads and patches, that extends across a region that often seems to have little else going for it. To ignore their contributions to culture and language means Appalachia will always be a distant story, burdened by the myths and legends written by others, left half told.This matters not just because it’s a more complete telling of the Appalachian tale, but because in the present political climate, white supremacy and bigotry are growing contemporary problems.
Despite the legend that there’s a pure linguistic line from Scots-Irish immigrants to present day white Appalachians, this is just another myth. It doesn’t quite sound like it, though it is a unique kind of speech.It’s important to note that the region is about more than just the Scottish and Irish immigrants who lent their language to the land. But I reckon Appalachia is full of tall tales with plenty of storytellers to tell them in a colorful turn of phrase or two, whether borrowed from Shakespeare or Chaucer or not.JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.Get your fix of JSTOR Daily’s best stories in your inbox each Thursday.JSTOR Daily provides context for current events using scholarship found in JSTOR, a digital library of academic journals, books, and other material. Definition of holler. holler phrase. The Southern Appalachians are not the only place with hollows, although they may be the only place where they are call hollers. JSTOR Daily readers can access the original research behind our articles for free on JSTOR.Is the unique Appalachian dialect the preserved language of Elizabethan England? Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...) One finds , for_example , that a terse and stereotyped verbal expression , seeming at_first to be a mere hollow convention , reveals itself over the months of therapy as the vehicle for expressing the most varied and intense feelings , and the most unconventional of meanings . What linguists like Michael Montgomery and Walt Wolfram have shown is the influx of other immigrant groups have had a profound effect on southern speech.JSTOR is a digital library for scholars, researchers, and students. A village in West Virginia, for example, might identify itself as a holler, after the surrounding geography.My post is a little misleading.