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Areas of Interest: Sociolinguistics and Syntactic Variation

Dissertation: "This might could help us better understand syntactic variation: The double modal construction in Tennessee English"

Committee: Suzanne Evans Wagner (chair), Alan Munn, Gabriela Alfaraz, Carol Myers-Scotton

Areas of Interest: 19th Century American Literature and Sociolinguistics

Thesis: “What Do Y’all Think: A Study of Language Attitudes in the South”

Comittee: Thomas Nunnally (chair), Robin Sabino, Kevin Roozen

ENGL 653: Teaching Composition from a Sociolinguistic Perspective (graduate)

ENGL 453: History of the English Language

ENGL 451: Introduction to the Study of Language and Modern Grammar

ENGL 355: Southern English

ENGL 352: African American English

ENGL 350: Language Variation in North America

ENGL 250: Introduction to Language and Linguistic Science

ENGL 205: Representations of the South in Literature, Music, and Film

ENGL 101: Composition

LIN 225: Language and Gender

LIN 200: Introduction to Language

ENGL 311: Professional Communication

ENGL 110: Advanced Composition

ENGL 109: Composition

ENGL 021: English Reading Applications

COMM 120: Presentation Techniques

ENGL 1120: Freshman Composition II

High School English, 9-12 grade

Middle School History, 6-8 grade

High School Drama

J. Daniel Hasty and Becky Childs. You ain’t from here, are you?: Subregional Variation and Identification in the New Appalachia. American Speech

J. Daniel Hasty. Challenging urbanormativity through seeing the rural as diverse and innovative. Review of Rural voices: Language, identity, and social change across place edited by Elizabeth Seale and Christine Mallinson. American Speech 96.3: 386-389.

J. Daniel Hasty and Becky Childs. Investigating Appalachian Englishes: Subregional variation in the new Appalachia. Journal of Appalachian Studies 27.1: 69-88.

J. Daniel Hasty. Book Review: Colloquial English: Structure and variation by Andrew Radford. Journal of English Linguistics 48.4: 402-409.

J. Daniel Hasty. Just what and where are Appalachian Englishes: Subregional language variation in Appalachia. In Kirk Hazen (ed.) Appalachian Englishes in the twenty-first century. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 3-19.

J. Daniel Hasty, Denise Paster, and Becky Childs. Valuing a variety of voices: Using digital badges to support linguistic diversity in first-year composition. American Speech 95.2, 243-252.

J. Daniel Hasty. They sound better than we do: Language attitudes in Alabama. In Thomas Nunnally (ed.) Speaking of Alabama: The history, diversity, function, and change of language. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 295-309.

J. Daniel Hasty. Studying difficult to study variables. In Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, and Gerard Van Herk (eds.) Data collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and applications, 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge, 23-25.

J. Daniel Hasty. Well, he may could have sounded nicer: Perceptions of the double modal in doctor/patient interactions American Speech 90.3, 347-368.

J. Daniel Hasty. We might should be thinking this way: Theoretical and methodological concerns in studies of syntactic variation. In Raffaella Zanuttini and Larry Horn (eds.) Micro–syntactic variation in North America. New York: Oxford University Press, 269-293.

J. Daniel Hasty. We might should oughta take a second look at this: A syntactic re-analysis of double modals in Southern United States English. Lingua 122, 1716-1738.

J. Daniel Hasty, Ashley Hesson, Suzanne Evans Wagner, and Robert Lannon. Finding needles in the right haystack: Double modals in medical consultations. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 18.2, 41-47, Selected papers from NWAV 40.

J. Daniel Hasty. I might not would say that: A sociolinguistic investigation of double modal acceptance. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 17.2, 97-98, Selected papers from NWAV 39.

J. Daniel Hasty. They sound better than we do: Language attitudes in Alabama. Tributaries, Journal of the Alabama Folklife Association 10 and 11. Special issue on language in Alabama.

J. Daniel Hasty. What does a linguist actually do? Keynote Speaker. Sigma Tau Delta Induction Ceremony. April 2023. Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC.

J. Daniel Hasty and Becky Childs. Negotiating Norms: Language and Identity in Contemporary Appalachia. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Dialect Society (ADS). January 2022. Washington, D.C.

J. Daniel Hasty. Where is Appalachia? Paper presented at the "Appalachian Englishes 1: Intersections of Place, Sound, Grammar, and Ethnicity" panel at the Appalachian Studies Conference 43. March 2020. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (conference cancelled)

Becky Childs and J. Daniel Hasty. Linguistic change and subregionality in Appalachia. Paper presented at the Appalachian Studies Conference 42. March 2019. University of North Carolina Asheville, Asheville, NC.

Becky Childs and J. Daniel Hasty. Constructing and reconstructing Appalachian language and identity. Paper presented at Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 86. June 2019. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

Becky Childs and J. Daniel Hasty. Contemporary Appalachian English: Change from outside and within. Poster presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 47. October 2018. New York University, New York, NY.

Alan Reid, Becky Childs, Denise Paster, and J. Daniel Hasty. Digital distribution and programmatic progression: An examination of ideology in a badging initiative. Paper presented at Computers and Writing. May 2018. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

J. Daniel Hasty and Becky Childs. Sociolinguistic partnerships in the university: The effects of linguistic materials in First Year Composition. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 46. November 2017. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Becky Childs, J. Daniel Hasty, and Denise Paster. Negotiating new linguistic terrains: Exploring linguistics and first year writing partnerships. Paper presented at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 84. March 2017. College of Charleston, Charleston, SC.

Denise Paster, J. Daniel Hasty, and Becky Childs. Valuing a variety of voices: Using Digital Badges to support linguistic diversity in a first-year composition program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). November 2016. Atlanta, GA.

J. Daniel Hasty and Becky Childs. Language change and identity in the New Appalachia. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Dialect Society (ADS). January 2016. Washington, D.C.

J. Daniel Hasty. But You Can't Take the Mountains Out of the Boy: Appalachian Identity and the New South in Ron Rash's “The Corpse Bird.” Paper presented at Tales of the Ragged Mountains: a Roundtable Discussion of Poetry and Fiction by Ron Rash. October 2015. Horry Country Memorial Library, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Brooke Parker, J. Daniel Hasty, and Becky Childs. Surveying the New Appalachia: Change, Perception, and Influence. Paper presented at the Coalition on Appalachian Language Panel at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 82. April 2015. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

J. Daniel Hasty, Becky Childs, and Gerard Van Herk. Surveying the linguistic terrain: Utilizing surveys near and far. Paper presented at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 82. April 2015. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

J. Daniel Hasty and Becky Childs. Surveying Appalachia: Language change and perception. Paper presented at the Appalachian Studies Conference 38. March 2015. East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.

J. Daniel Hasty and Becky Childs. The Old is New Again: Curvilinear Patterns of Linguistic Change in Appalachia. Paper presented at the New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 42. October 2013. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA.

J. Daniel Hasty. When there aren't clear semantically equivalent variants: Microparametric variation in the case of the double modal. Paper presented at the Syntax and Variation Workshop at the 2013 LSA Summer Institute. July 2013. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Becky Childs and J. Daniel Hasty. Weaving linguistics into undergraduate education: A case study of expanding student knowledge and course offerings. Paper presented at the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 80. April 2013. University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC.

Ashley Hesson, Suzanne Evans Wagner, and J. Daniel Hasty. A shot in the arm for sociolinguistics. Paper presented at the Georgetown University Round Table (GURT). March 2012. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

J. Daniel Hasty. My doctor said what?: A study of language attitudes towards the double modal. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Dialect Society (ADS). January 2012. Portland, Oregon.

J. Daniel Hasty, Ashley Hesson, Suzanne Wagner, and Robert Lannon. Finding needles in the right haystack: Double modals in medical consultations. Poster presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 40. October 20011. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

J. Daniel Hasty. A syntactic re-analysis of double modals in Southern United States English. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Michigan Linguistics Society (MLS) 40. October 2010. University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI.

J. Daniel Hasty. I might not would say that: A sociolinguistic investigation of double modal acceptance. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 39. November 2010. San Antonio, TX.

J. Daniel Hasty. From the front porch to the church pew: A review of the Black-White speech relationship in the South. Paper presented at South Eastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 74. April 2007. North Western State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana.

J. Daniel Hasty. What do y’all think: A study of language attitudes in the South. Paper presented at South Eastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 73. April 2006. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama.

Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, American Speech, Journal

Member, Nominating Committee, Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL)

Conference co-organizer with Becky Childs, 81st meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics (SECOL) 81, March 2014. Coastal Carolina University, Myrtle Beach, SC.

Sigma Tau Delta Professor of the Year. Department of English, Coastal Carolina University.

Professional Enhancement Grant. Co-PI Becky Childs. “The Old is New Again: Linguistic Change Among Young Appalachian Speakers.” Coastal Carolina University. ($6000)

Best Student Poster New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 40. November 2011 Washington, D.C. For the poster entitled Finding needles in the right haystack: Double modals in medical consultations with Ashley Hesson, Suzanne Wagner, and Robert Lannon

Wilkins/Rodman Graduate Award in Linguistics. Best Graduate Student Research Paper for the paper entitled Yeah, I might would say that: A sociolinguistic study of double modal acceptance in the Mid-South

Best Student Paper New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 39. November 2010. San Antonio, TX. For the paper entitled I might not would say that: A sociolinguistic investigation of double modal acceptance

Wilkins/Rodman Graduate Award in Linguistics. Best Graduate Student Research Paper for the paper entitled We might should oughta take a second look at this: A syntactic re-analysis of double modals in Southern United States English