Overview

This book provides a very readable, up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences.

  • contains new chapters on social and ethnic dialects, including a separate chapter on African American English and more comprehensive discussions of Latino, Native American, Cajun English, and other varieties,

  • includes samples from a wider array of US regions

  • features updated chapters as well as pedagogy such as new exercises, a phonetic symbols key, and a section on the notion of speech community

  • accessibly written for the wide variety of students that enrol in a course on dialects, ranging from students with no background in linguistics to those who may wish to specialize in sociolinguistics

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ISBN-13

9781405112666

ISBN-10

1405112662

Dimensions

8.95 x 6.10 x 1.06 In

List Price

$55.95

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

-

Language

English

Pages

468 pages

Publisher

Published On

2005-09-02



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