Texas is the second largest state in the U.S. with an area of almost 270,000 square miles and a population of 24.7 million residents. The passage describes several linguistic features of Southern American English dialects, including vowel changes, dropping or changing consonants, use of past participles instead of past simple verbs, double modals, and distinctive greetings and words. It provides an example script of an interview with a woman from Amarillo, Texas who discusses her family and background.