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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 39Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]Copyright date: ©1985Edition: Reprint 2015Description: 1 online resource (301 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110105841
  • 9783110885002
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420/.973
LOC classification:
  • PE2809.D544 1985
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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

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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