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American English
Walt Wolfram
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Description for American English
Paperback. The new edition of this classic text chronicles recent breakthrough developments in the field of American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; CFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
The new edition of this classic text chronicles recent breakthrough developments in the field of American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences.
- Now accompanied by a companion website with an extensive array of sound files, video clips, and other online materials to enhance and illustrate discussions in the text
- Features brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics, such as Levels of Dialect, Regional Varieties of English, Gender and Language Variation, The Application of Dialect Study, and Dialect Awareness: Extending Application, as well as new exercises with online answers
- Updated to contain dialect samples from a wider array of US ... Read more
- Written for students taking courses in dialect studies, variationist sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology, and requires no pre-knowledge of linguistics
- Includes a glossary and extensive appendix of the pronunciation, grammatical, and lexical features of American English dialects
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Language in Society
Condition
New
Weight
841g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118390221
SKU
V9781118390221
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Walt Wolfram
Walt Wolfram is William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor at North Carolina State University, and has authored numerous books including The Development of African American English (with Erik Thomas, Blackwell, 2002) and American Voices (co-edited with Ben Ward, Blackwell, 2006). His most recent book is Talkin’ Tar Heel: How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina (2014). ... Read more
Reviews for American English
"This edition is more than just a latest edition of the two earlier ones, as it is an improved and, in the authors' words, a 'thoroughly revised and updated version' (p. xiii) made more comprehensive by featuring new, separate sections on Jewish English and Asian American English, as well as a whole separate chapter on language and ethnicity." —Polycarp Naanma ... Read more