Allison Burkette (Faculty Member is Retired, or has otherwise left the University)
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Phone Number: (662)915-1458
Email: burkette@olemiss.edu

Key Words: language variation, Appalachian English

Research Description: Dr. Burkette�s research interests include language variation and Appalachian English, with an emphasis on complexity theory in historical studies as they relate to Linguistic Atlas data.

Honors Theses:

Foley, William (2016) The Theoretical Argument for Disproving Asymptotic Upper-Bounds on the Accuracy of Part-of-Speech Tagging Algorithms: Adopting a Linguistics, Rule-Based Approach. (full text)

Kuiper, Katherine Ireland (2016) "Literary Dialect in Flannery O'Connor's ‘The Lame Shall Enter First’ and ‘Good Country People’"

Geddie, Virginia Jane (2014) The Use of Occitan Dialects in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. (full text)

Wright, Sarah Price (2014) French Ideology of English as a World Language and American Second Language Speakers. (full text)

Fyke, Georgia Katherine (2008) "An Bhuil Gaeilge Agat?: Perspectives on the Irish Language in Ireland" (full text)