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Main Authors: Wolfram, Walt, 1941- (Author), Schilling-Estes, Natalie (Author)
Other Authors: Myrick, Caroline (Contributor), Schneier, Joel (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 25.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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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.