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  • American English

    Dialects and Variation

    Series series Language in Society
    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 textFeatures brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics ... Read more

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  • Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks

    The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue

    As many visitors to Ocracoke will attest, the island’s vibrant dialect is one of its most distinctive cultural features. In Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes present a fascinating account of the Ocracoke brogue. They trace its development, identify the elements of pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax that make it unique, and even provide a glossary and quiz to ... Read more

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  • Sociolinguistic Fieldwork

    Series series Key Topics in Sociolinguistics
    Looking for an easy-to-use, practical guide to conducting fieldwork in sociolinguistics? This invaluable textbook will give you the skills and knowledge required for carrying out research projects in 'the field', including: • How to select and enter a community • How to design a research sample • What recording equipment to choose and how to operate it • How to collect, store and manage data • How ... Read more

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  • The New Cambridge History of the English Language: Volume 5

    North America and the Caribbean

    Series series The New Cambridge History of the English Language
    This volume examines the development of forms of English in North America from the earliest founder populations through to present-day varieties in the United States and Canada. The linguistic analyses of today's forms emphasise language variation and change with a view to determining the trajectories for current linguistic change. The first part on English in the United States also has dedicated ... Read more

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  • American English, Enhanced Edition

    Dialects and Variation

    Series series Language in Society
    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 textFeatures brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Language Variation and Change

    Series Book 129 - Wiley Handbooks in Linguistics
    Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a number of new chapters and remains the authoritative reference volume on a core research area in linguistics.A fully revised and expanded edition of this acclaimed reference work, which has established its reputation based on its ... Read more

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  • Variable Properties in Language

    Their Nature and Acquisition

    Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
    This edited volume, based on papers presented at the 2017 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics (GURT), approaches the study of language variation from a variety of angles. Language variation research asks broad questions such as, "Why are languages' grammatical structures different from one another?" as well as more specific word-level questions such as, "Why are words ... Read more

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    Series Book 28 - Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics
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