Background
Montgomery, Michael Bryant was born on May 15, 1950 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Bryant Smith and Ann (Cunningham) Montgomery.
Montgomery, Michael Bryant was born on May 15, 1950 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Bryant Smith and Ann (Cunningham) Montgomery.
Bachelor, Maryville (Tennessee) College, 1973. Master of Arts, University Tennessee, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, University Florida, 1979.
Instructor University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1978-1979. Assistant professor Memphis State University, 1979-1981, University South Carolina, Columbia, 1981-1986, associate professor, since 1986. Coordinator Writer's Hotline, University South Carolina, since 1981, director graduate program in linguistics, 1982-1985.
Member American Dialect Society, Linguistic Society of America, Southeast Conference on Linguistics.