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Phonological Analysis: Focus on American English

Reference

Walt Wolfram

Robert Johnson

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Pearson

American English: Dialects and Variation

Natalie Schilling

Wiley/Blackwell

Dialects in Schools and Communities

Donna Christian

Carolyn Temple Adger

Taylor&Francis

This book provides a very readable, up-to-date description of language variation in American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. 
<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

Natalie Schilling-Estes

Social Sciences

Blackwell Publishing

This book describes dialect differences in American English and their impact on education and everyday life. It explores some of the major issues that confront educational practitioners and suggests what practitioners can do to recognize students’ language abilities, support their language development, and expand their knowledge about dialects. Topics addressed include:*popular concerns about the nature of language variation;*characteristic structures of different dialects;*various interactive patterns characteristic of social groups;*the school impacts of dialect differences in speaking, writing, and reading, including questions about teaching Standard English; and*the value of dialect education in schools to enable students to understand dialects as natural and normal language phenomena. Changes in the Second Edition: In this edition the authors reconsider and expand their discussion of many of the issues addressed in the first edition and in other of their earlier works, taking into account especially the research on dialects and publications for audiences beyond linguistics that have appeared since the first edition. This edition is offered as an updated report on the state of language variation and education in the United States. Dialects in Schools and Communities is rooted in questions that have arisen in workshops, surveys, classes, discussion groups, and conversations with practitioners and teacher educators. It is thus intended to address important needs in a range of educational and related service fields. As an overview of current empirical research, it synthesizes current understandings and provides key references—in this sense it is a kind of translation and interpretation in which the authors’ goal is to bring together the practical concerns of educators and the vantage point of sociolinguistics. No background in linguistics or sociolinguistics is assumed on the part of the reader.  This volume is intended for teacher interns and practicing teachers in elementary and secondary schools; early childhood specialists; specialists in reading and writing; speech/language pathologists; special education teachers; and students in various language specialties. 

Words, Language & Grammar

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Talkin' Tar Heel: How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina

Jeffrey Reaser

The University of North Carolina Press

The Five-Minute Linguist: Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Third Edition

The 5-Minute Linguist provides a lively, reader-friendly introduction to the subject of language suitable for the general reader and beginning students. The book offers brief essays on more than 60 intriguing questions such as ""What's the difference between a language and a dialect?"" Can animals understand us?"" ""What causes foreign accents?"" and ""How is language used on social media?"" These are conveniently organized into 12 topical areas that include What is Linguistics, Language and Thought, Language and Society, and Language and Technology, among others. Each essay is written by a leading authority in the specialization who offers succinct, insightful answers to questions that most of us have wondered about, with follow-up references to more in-depth reading on each question. The third edition adds new topics now at the forefront of linguistics and updates others, serving as an unrivaled introduction to the mysteries and intrigue of language. The third edition of this book was produced under the sponsorship of the Linguistic Society of America.

Literature & Fiction

Caroline Myrick

Essays & Correspondence

University of Toronto Press

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