American English : dialects and variation / Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 25.Publication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xv, 452 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781405112659 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1405112654 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781405112666 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1405112662 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 427/.973 22
LOC classification:
  • PE2841 .W63 2006
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [410]-431) and index.

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.

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