American English: Dialects and Variation, 2nd Edition (Language in Society, Vol. 25)

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
ASIN: 1405112662
VSKU: 56JTFK0011T5_ns
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Walt Wolfram|Natalie Schilling-Estes
Binding: Paperback