<p>This book provides a very readable, up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences.<br></p>
<ul> <li>contains new chapters on social and ethnic dialects, including a separate chapter on African American English and more comprehensive discussions of Latino, Native American, Cajun English, and other varieties,</li>  <li>includes samples from a wider array of US regions</li>  <li>features updated chapters as well as pedagogy such as new exercises, a phonetic symbols key, and a section on the notion of speech community</li>  <li>accessibly written for the wide variety of students that enrol in a course on dialects, ranging from students with no background in linguistics to those who may wish to specialize in sociolinguistics</li> </ul>

American English: Dialects and Variation, 2nd Edition (Language in Society, Vol. 25)

Politics & Social Sciences

Walt Wolfram

Natalie Schilling-Estes

Social Sciences

Blackwell Publishing

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