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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162985403321

Autore

Dillard Joey L.

Titolo

Toward a Social History of American English / / Joey L. Dillard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]

©1985

ISBN

3-11-088500-X

Edizione

[Reprint 2015]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 39

Altri autori (Persone)

BlantonLinda L

Disciplina

420.973

Soggetti

English language - Social aspects - United States

English language - Dialects - Appalachian Region

English language - United States - History

Americanisms - Appalachian Region

Electronic books.

Appalachian Region Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter I: English Goes International: the Prehistory of American English -- Chapter II: Pidgin and Maritime Influence on Other Varieties -- Chapter III: On Leveling and Diversity in the Early Period -- Chapter IV: Southern Appalachia: Social Considerations of Speech -- Chapter V: Immigrants - Some of Them Involuntary -- Chapter VI: Frontier Speechways - Old and New -- Chapter VII: The Effect of the Frontier on the Lexicon of Gambling, Drinking, Smoking, and Other Vices -- Chapter VIII: The Changing Relationship between Movement and Innovation: the Railroads -- Chapter IX: The Special Variety and the Norm -- Chapter X: Puerto Rico: Bicolonialism and Bilingualism -- Chapter XI: A World Language - and How to Understand It -- References -- Index -- Backmatter