02921nam 22006375 450 991016298540332120190906095518.03-11-088500-X10.1515/9783110885002(CKB)3360000000514067(SSID)ssj0001457645(PQKBManifestationID)12623623(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001457645(PQKBWorkID)11443496(PQKB)10276488(MiAaPQ)EBC4793876(DE-B1597)53784(OCoLC)979693236(DE-B1597)9783110885002(EXLCZ)99336000000051406720190906d2015 fg engurcnu||||||||txtccrToward a Social History of American English /Joey L. DillardReprint 2015Berlin ;Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]©19851 online resource (316 pages)Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ;39Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-010584-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- BackmatterContributions to the sociology of language ;39.English languageSocial aspectsUnited StatesEnglish languageDialectsAppalachian RegionEnglish languageUnited StatesHistoryAmericanismsAppalachian RegionAppalachian RegionLanguagesElectronic books.English languageSocial aspectsEnglish languageDialectsEnglish languageHistory.Americanisms420.973Dillard Joey L., 1207721Blanton Linda L1207722DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910162985403321Toward a Social History of American English2786266UNINA