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Autore: | Dillard Joey L. |
Titolo: | Toward a Social History of American English / / Joey L. Dillard |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Toward a Social History of American English |
ISBN: | 3-11-088500-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910162985403321 |
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