Needed research in American dialects / [edited by] Dennis R. Preston.

Other author Preston, Dennis Richard.
Format Book
Publication InfoDurham : Published by Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, ©2003.
Descriptionxii, 261 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPublication of the American Dialect Society ; no. 88
Publication of the American Dialect Society ; no. 88. ^A319010
Contents Introduction / Dennis R. Preston --1. The History of American English / Michael Montgomery -- 2. Linguistic Atlases of the United States and Canada / William A. Kretzschmar, Jr. -- 3. Regional lexicon: DARE and beyond / Joan Houston Hall -- 4. A national survey of North American dialects / Sharon Ash --5. Conversation, text, and discourse / Barbara Johnstone -- 6. Social variation in America / Penelope Eckert -- 7. Ideologies, attitudes, and perceptions / Richard W. Bailey -- 8. Slang, metaphor, and folk speech / Connie C. Eble -- 9. Languages other than English in Canada and the United States / Robert Bayley and Ruth King -- 10. Language change in variation and formal syntax / Ralph W. Fasold.
Local noteLittle-334668--305131043545Y
General note"Annual supplement to American Speech."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Other title American speech.
LCCN 2003062715
ISBN0822365944