The West Virginia Dialect Project has focused on two general areas of research in the past few years:

Bidialectalism: Are humans able to "have" two dialects? What does this question even mean? Click here for Bidialectalism

Appalachian Englishes: What kinds of Englishes are there in the Appalachian Mountains? Is Elizabethan English still spoken in the mountains? What is the future for Appalachian Englishes? Click here for Appalachian Englishes