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

• Autore: Dillard Joey L.
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]; ©1985
• Edizione: Reprint 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 pages)
• Disciplina: 420.973
• Soggetto topico: English language - Social aspects - United States; English language - Dialects - Appalachian Region; English language - United States - History; Americanisms - Appalachian Region
• Soggetto geografico: Appalachian Region Languages
• Altri autori: BlantonLinda L
• 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
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• Titolo autorizzato: Toward a Social History of American English
• ISBN: 9783110885002; 311088500X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910162985403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions to the sociology of language ; ; 39.