Wolfram, Walt,  1941- <br/><br/>
American English :  dialects and variation / 
Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Malden, MA :  Blackwell Pub.,  2006. 
 - xv, 452 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
 - Language in society ;  25 .
 - Language in society (Oxford, England) ;  25. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [410]-431) and index. 
<br/><br/>Dialects, standards, and vernaculars -- Why dialects? -- Levels of dialect -- Dialects in the United States : past, present, and future -- Regional dialects -- Social and ethnic dialects -- African American English -- Gender and language variation -- Dialects and style -- On the applications of dialect study -- Dialect awareness : extending applications. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405112659 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405112654 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405112666 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405112662 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005009840 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Dialects--United States.<br/>English language--Variation--United States.<br/>Americanisms.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE2841  / .W63 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>427/.973