ISBN:
9780521771757
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (522 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Language in the USA : Themes for the Twenty-first Century
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Language and languages
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United States ; Languages
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA, exploring the nature of language variation and its social, historical and political significance. It is divided into three sections: Part I, American English; Part II, Other Language Varieties; and Part III, The Sociolinguistic Situation in the USA
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; 1 American English: its origins and history; 2 American English and its distinctiveness; 3 Regional dialects; 4 Social varieties of American English; 5 African American English; 6 The Dictionary of American Regional English; 7 Multilingualism and non-English mother tongues; 8 Creole languages: forging new identities; 9 Native American languages; 10 Spanish in the Northeast; 11 Spanish in the Southwest; 12 American Sign Language
Description / Table of Contents:
13 Asian American voices: language in the Asian American community14 Linguistic diversity and English language acquisition; 15 Language ideology and language prejudice; 16 Ebonics and its controversy; 17 Language planning, language policy, and the English-Only Movement; 18 Language in education; 19 Adolescent language; 20 Slang; 21 Hip Hop Nation Language; 22 Language, gender, and sexuality; 23 Linguistic identity and community in American literature; 24 The language of doctors and patients; 25 The language of cyberspace; 26 Language attitudes to speech; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
