Language in the USA : themes for the twenty-first century
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Language in the USA : themes for the twenty-first century
Cambridge University Press, 2004
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Language in the U.S.A
Language in the United States of America
Language in the USA : themes for the 21st century
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- pt. 1. American English
- 1. American English : its origins and history / Richard W. Bailey
- 2. American English and its distinctiveness / Edward Finegan
- 3. Regional dialects / William A. Kretzschmar, Jr
- 4. Social varieties of American English / Walt Wolfram
- 5. African American English / Lisa Green
- 6. The dictionary of American regional English / Joan Houston Hall
- pt. 2. Other Language Varieties
- 7. Multilingualism and non-English mother tongues / Joshua A. Fishman
- 8. Creole languages : forging new identities / Patricia Nichols
- 9. Native American languages / Akira Y. Yamamoto and Ofelia Zepeda
- 10. Spanish in the northeast / Ana Celia Zentella
- 11. Spanish in the southwest / Carmen Silva-Corvalán
- 12. American sign language / Cecil Lucas and Clayton Valli
- 13. Asian American voices : language in the Asian American community / Thom Huebner and Linda Uyechi
- 14. Linguistic diversity and English language acquisition / Robert Bayley
- pt. 3. The Sociolinguistic situation
- 15. Language ideology and language prejudice / Rosina Lippi-Green
- 16. Ebonics and its controversy / John Baugh
- 17. Language planning, language policy, and the English-only movement / Terrence G. Wiley
- 18. Language in education / Lily Wong Fillmore
- 19. Adolescent language / Penelope Eckert
- 20. Slang / Connie Eble
- 21. Hip hop nation language / H. Samy Alim
- 22. Language, gender and sexuality / Mary Bucholtz
- 23. Linguistic identity and community in American literature / James Peterson
- 24. The language of doctors and patients / Cynthia Hagstrom
- 25. The language of cyberspace / Denise E. Murray
- 26. Language attitudes to speech / Dennis R. Preston