We may think of home as a place or feeling, but for Rachel Hargrave, home is connected to how we speak. Rachel Hargrave is one of 14 recipients of the Fralin Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Below is a list of speech features studied by the West Virginia Dialect Project, some of which remain common and others that have become rare. Led by linguist Kirk Hazen, the project’s researchers ...

PINEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — In a county beyond the reach of any four-lane highway, a young couple chuckles and swivels in their chairs as they start telling for posterity the story of how they met. “You ...

The founder of the West Virginia Dialect Project hopes to debunk some of the myths about the way Appalachian people speak and instill pride in a rich, oft-maligned culture. The latest Senate health ...

The state’s flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities. By Anemona Hartocollis Christian Adams ...