American English
| Author | : Walt Wolfram |
| Publisher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
| Total Pages | : 472 |
| Release | : 2005-09-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781405112666 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1405112662 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (662 Downloads) |
Download or read book American English written by Walt Wolfram and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2005-09-02 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
