English Dictionary

southernism

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States. / A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.

日本語の意味

地域の南部に特有の性質や特徴（特にアメリカ南部の特徴） / 南部アメリカ英語の方言として使われる単語や表現

The novel's vivid southernism — from magnolia-lined streets to front-porch conversations — gives it an unmistakable sense of place.

その小説に見られる生き生きとした南部らしさは、モクレン並木の通りやポーチでの会話などを通して、物語に明確な土地の雰囲気を与えている。

意味（1）

Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.

It is one of the national peccadilloes that anyone who lives north of St. Albans has some kind of prejudice against Londoners — perhaps prejudice is the wrong word — or rather not against Londoners but against southernism.

意味（2）

A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.

Many are known southernisms in the sense that they are also cited in sources such as Dictionary of American Regional English (henceforth, DARE) or Carver (1987).

southernisms （ plural ）