| Description |
xvii, 398 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Language in society ; 25 |
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Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 25
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| Contents |
1. The Reality of Dialects -- 2. Why Do Languages Have Dialects? -- 3. Levels of Dialect -- 4. Dialects in the United States: Past, Present, and Future -- 5. Regional Dialects -- 6. Social and Ethnic Dialects -- 7. Gender and Language Variation -- 8. Dialects and Style -- 9. The Patterning of Dialect -- 10. On the Applications of Dialect Study -- 11. Dialect Awareness in the School and Community -- App. An Inventory of Socially Diagnostic Structures |
| Analysis |
English language -- Dialects -- United States |
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English language -- Variation -- United States |
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Americanisms |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references( pages [367]-380) and index |
| Subject |
English language -- Dialects -- United States.
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English language -- Variation -- United States.
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Americanisms.
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| Author |
Schilling-Estes, Natalie.
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| LC no. |
97037242 |
| ISBN |
0631204873 paperback acid-free paper |
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0631204865 hardcover acid-free paper |
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