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American English: Dialects and Variation (Language in Society)
	Authors: Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling-estes Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Category: Book List Price: ~~$43.95~~ Buy New: $33.70 You Save: $10.25 (23%) New (24) Used (17) from $28.40 Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 178533 Media: Paperback Edition: 2 Pages: 472 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 ISBN: 1405112662 Dewey Decimal Number: 427.973 EAN: 9781405112666 ASIN: 1405112662 Publication Date: September 12, 2005 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.


Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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 Book Description This up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covers regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. The second edition includes new chapters on social and ethnic dialects. Updates to existing chapters and exercises as well as new features such as a phonetic symbols key, and a section on the notion of speech community, combine to make the new edition a valuable resource for students and specialists alike.