Toward a Social History of American English / / Joey L. Dillard.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] ©1985 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter I: English Goes International: the Prehistory of American English
- Chapter II: Pidgin and Maritime Influence on Other Varieties
- Chapter III: On Leveling and Diversity in the Early Period
- Chapter IV: Southern Appalachia: Social Considerations of Speech
- Chapter V: Immigrants – Some of Them Involuntary
- Chapter VI: Frontier Speechways – Old and New
- Chapter VII: The Effect of the Frontier on the Lexicon of Gambling, Drinking, Smoking, and Other Vices
- Chapter VIII: The Changing Relationship between Movement and Innovation: the Railroads
- Chapter IX: The Special Variety and the Norm
- Chapter X: Puerto Rico: Bicolonialism and Bilingualism
- Chapter XI: A World Language – and How to Understand It
- References
- Index
- Backmatter