Language in the USA : themes for the twenty-first century

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Language in the USA : themes for the twenty-first century

Edward Finegan, John R. Rickford

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

Details

  • NCID
    BA67911314
  • ISBN
    • 0521771757
    • 052177747X
  • LCCN
    2003055819
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 502 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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