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U of A Professor Seeks to Document Arkansas's Native Speakers

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Ben Corbett is gathering and archiving diverse native Arkansas accents for the historical record.

Ben Corbett, assistant professor of voice and speech in the University of Arkansas Theatre Department, is directing the new Arkansas Accent and Dialect Project.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for "Ozarks at Large."
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