Patricia Nichols
Patricia Nichols is an American linguist and professor. She was born on December 29, 1938 in Conway, South Carolina. In 1968, Nichols jumped into her career as a teacher and expanded her experience through multiple schools and universities such as San Jose University (1973-2000) and University of South Carolina (1980-1981). She retired from San Jose State University in 2000. Throughout her career, Nichols published and reviewed various different works dealing with linguistics and American Speech. The time she spent in South Carolina influenced one of her more well known writings, "Voices of our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina".
Marriage and children[edit]
Patricia is married to Frank Howard Nichols Jr. and they have two children together:
Career[edit]
- Hampton (VA) City Schools, 1960-1968
- CA Community Colleges, 1969-1972
- San José State University, 1973-2000
- University of South Carolina, 1980-1981
Education[edit]
- Winthrop College (University), 1958, B.A., English
- University of Minnesota, 1969, M.A., English
- San José State University, 1972, M.A., Linguistics
- Stanford University, 1976, Ph.D., Linguistics
Published works[edit]
- Review of “Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks: The Story of the Ocracoke Brogueby Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling-Estes” in the "User-friendly variation study” from American Speech Vol. 74, No. 1, Spring, 1999 (1999)[1]
- "Voices of our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina" from Journal of English Linguistics written by Connie Eble with Patricia Nichols (2010)[2]
Recognition[edit]
In 1976, Patricia published her Dissertation titled "Linguistic change in Gullah: sex, age, and mobility".
See also[edit]
- CA Community Colleges
- Hampton (VA) City Schools
- San José State University
- Stanford University
- University of Minnesota
- University of South Carolina
- Winthrop University
References[edit]
- ↑ Nichols, Patricia C. (1999). "User-friendly Variation Study". American Speech. 74 (1) – via Academic Search Complete.
- ↑ Eble, Connie (June 2010). "Book Review: Voices of Our Ancestors: Language Contact in Early South Carolina. By Patricia Causey Nichols. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2009. xii + 196. ISBN 978-1-57003-775-7". Journal of English Linguistics. 38 (2): 179–181. doi:10.1177/0075424209348170. ISSN 0075-4242.
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