American English / / Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling ; enhancements and exercises by Caroline Myrick and Joel Schneier.

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Superior document:Language in Society ; 25
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Place / Publishing House:Chichester, West Sussex, England : : Wiley Blackwell,, 2016.
2016
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Third edition.
Language:English
Series:Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 25.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (533 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dialects, standards, and vernaculars
  • Why dialects?
  • Levels of dialect
  • Dialects in the United States : past, present, and future
  • Regional varieties of English
  • Social varieties of American English
  • Ethnicity and American English
  • African American English
  • Gender and language variation
  • Dialects and style
  • The application of dialect study
  • Dialect awareness : extending application.