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Phonological Variation And Change In The Dialect Of Charleston, South Carolina

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Maciej Baranowski
Publication Details
Book, Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, 2007
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- Table of contents only
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This volume, one of the most comprehensive studies of language change in any southern city, presents an in-depth examination of the linguistic patterns of the residents of Charleston, South Carolina, an area that claims one of the most distinctive dialects in American English. In the process of regionalization, Charleston has undergone a linguistic revolution unseen for any other dialect of English studied to date, in which the traditional dialect has been replaced with a very different type of linguistic system. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Dialects · South Carolina · Charleston · Americanisms · Variation · Amerikaans. · gtt · Dialecten. · Charleston (S.C.) · Languages · Charleston (SC) · Baranowski, Maciej · American Dialect Society
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE2927.C53 B37 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE2927.C53 B37 2007	AVAILABLE

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A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography Of American Black English

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[by] Ila Wales Brasch and Walter Milton Brasch
Publication Details
Book, Louisiana State University Press, 1974
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Black English · Bibliography · American literature · African American authors · Creole dialects, English · United States · African Americans · Languages · Education · Folklore · Americanisms · Brasch, Ila Wales · Brasch, Walter M., 1945-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE3102.N42 B72 1974 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE3102.N42 B72 1974	AVAILABLE

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Home Ground : Language For An American Landscape

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Barry Lopez, editor ; Debra Gwartney, managing editor
Publication Details
Book, Trinity University Press, 2006
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- Table of contents only
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Barry Lopez asked 45 poets and writers to define terms that describe America?s land and water forms ? Carefully researched and exquisitely written by talents such as Barbara Kingsolver, Lan Samantha Chang, Robert Hass, Terry Tempest Williams, Jon Krakauer, Gretel Ehrlich, Luis Alberto Urrea, Antonya Nelson, Charles Frazier, Linda Hogan, and Bill McKibben, Home Ground is a striking composite portrait of the landscape. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Geography · Terminology · Encyclopedias · Names, Geographical · United States · Americanisms · American literature · Miscellanea · Landscape in literature · Local color in literature · Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-
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REFERENCE (MAIN) PS169.L35 H66 2006 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	PS169.L35 H66 2006	AVAILABLE

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The New Partridge Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English

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Tom Dalzell (senior editor) and Terry Victor (editor)
Publication Details
Book, Routledge, 2006
Description
Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: * new two-volume format, containing over 60,000 entries in 2,000 pages * unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean * new emphasis on post-Word War II slang and unconventional English * published sources for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the terms use in print. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Slang · Dictionaries · Americanisms · Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979 · Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979 · Dalzell, Tom, 1951- · Victor, Terry
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REFERENCE (MAIN) PE3721 .P3 2006 v.1 AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN) PE3721 .P3 2006 v.2 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	PE3721 .P3 2006 v.1	AVAILABLE
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English In The Southern United States

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edited by Stephen J. Nagle and Sara L. Sanders
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Book, Cambridge University Press, 2003
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The English of the Southern United States is possibly the most studied of any regional variety of any language. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Southern States · Foreign elements · African · Social aspects · African Americans · Languages · Variation · Dialects · African languages · Influence on English · Black English · Americanisms · Nagle, Stephen J., 1948- · Sanders, Sara L
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE2922 .E54 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE2922 .E54 2003	AVAILABLE

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Buzzwords : L.A. Freshspeak

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Anna Scotti and Paul Young
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, St. Martin’s Press, 1997
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English language · California · Los Angeles · Slang · Dictionaries · Dialects · Glossaries, vocabularies, etc · Americanisms · Los Angeles (Calif.) · Languages · Scotti, Anna · Young, Paul D., 1960-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE3101.C3 S36 1997 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE3101.C3 S36 1997	AVAILABLE

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How We Talk : American Regional English Today

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Allan Metcalf
Publication Details
Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2000
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Where are you when people ? wait on line instead of in line ? get groceries in a paper sack instead of a paper bag ? With additional chapters on ethnic dialects and dialects in the movies, Metcalf reveals the resplendence of one our nation’s greatest natural resources ? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Spoken English · United States · Pronunciation · Variation · Dialects · Americanisms · Metcalf, Allan A
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE2808.8 .M48 2000 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE2808.8 .M48 2000	AVAILABLE

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Linguistic Diversity In The South : Changing Codes, Practices, And Ideology

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edited by Margaret Bender
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Book, University of Georgia Press, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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This volume brings together work by linguists and linguistic anthropologists not only on southern varieties of English, but also on other languages spoken in the region. Other essay topics include Creek language preservation efforts by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the history of language contact and linguistic diversity in the Carolinas, and the changing relationship between English and Mvskoke in Oklahoma. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Southern States · Variation · Dialects · Languages in contact · Americanisms · Languages · Bender, Margaret Clelland
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE2922 .L56 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE2922 .L56 2004	AVAILABLE

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Mill Villagers And Farmers : Dialect And Economics In A Small Southern Town

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Elizabeth DuPree McNair
Publication Details
Book, Published by Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, 2005
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Drawing on established research on the diversity of early American Englishes in the South as well as ongoing sociolinguistic investigation, this volume demonstrates how generational dialect changes are attributable to shifts in socioeconomic structure. For the farmers, many of whom have been forced to give up farming, the paternalistic and complex structure of the mill village emphasizes the loss of the postbellum goal of personal independence. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Dialects · Georgia · Griffin · Americanisms · Griffin (Ga.) · Economic conditions · Social conditions · Languages · McNair, Elizabeth DuPree · American Dialect Society
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE3101.G4 M37 2005 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE3101.G4 M37 2005	AVAILABLE

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What In The Word? : Wordplay, Word Lore, And Answers To The Peskiest Questions About Language

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Charles Harrington Elster
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Book, 1st ed, Harcourt, Inc, 2005
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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If you can’t, be assured that Charles Harrington Elster, author of several well-loved works on language, can-and does in his latest book, a delightfully designed compendium of the most common, interesting, and entertaining conundrums in our language. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · Etymology · Usage · Style · Play on words · Americanisms · Elster, Charles Harrington
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE1574 .E57 2005 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE1574 .E57 2005	AVAILABLE

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The Writer’s Guide To Everyday Life From Prohibition Through World War II

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by Marc McCutcheon
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Writer’s Digest Books, 1995
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English language · United States · Slang · Glossaries, vocabularies, etc · Historical fiction · Authorship · Handbooks, manuals, etc · Americanisms · Dictionaries · Social life and customs · 1918-1945 · McCutcheon, Marc
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(LOWER LEVEL) E169 .M45 1995 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E169 .M45 1995	AVAILABLE

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The New Oxford American Dictionary

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Erin McKean, [principal editor]
Publication Details
Book, 2nd ed, Oxford University Press, 2005
Description
Produced by Oxford’s American Dictionaries Program, and drawing on the expertise of scores of American scholars and advisors, The New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country. This major new edition of The New Oxford American Dictionary includes a guide to the pronunciations on every page, a new etymology essay by Anatoly Liberman, completely updated and revised maps, and more than a thousand new entries, covering everything new in our language from low-carb to warblog and beyond. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · United States · Dictionaries · Americanisms · McKean, Erin
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REFERENCE (MAIN) PE1628 .N429 2005 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	PE1628 .N429 2005	AVAILABLE

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Lewis And Clark Lexicon Of Discovery

Attribution
Alan H. Hartley
Publication Details
Book, Washington State University Press, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description
The result of five years of research on the history, people, and physical world of the expedition, the Lewis and Clark Lexicon of Discovery features over 1,100 entries and more than 2,000 illustrative quotations, as well as considerable background material on the English (and other languages) of the expedition. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lewis, Meriwether, · 1774-1809 · Language · Glossaries, etc · Clark, William, · 1770-1838 · Lewis and Clark Expedition · (1804-1806) · Dictionaries · Americanisms · West (U.S.) · English language · Glossaries, vocabularies, etc · Dialects · Glossaries, vocabularies, etc · 19th century · Languages · Hartley, Alan H., 1946-
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REFERENCE (MAIN) PE2970.W4 H37 2004 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	PE2970.W4 H37 2004	AVAILABLE

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You Know My Steez : An Ethnographic And Sociolinguistic Study Of Styleshifting In A Black American Speech Community

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H. Samy Alim
Publication Details
Book, Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description
Contributing to the development of a more refined methodological approach to the study of linguistic styleshifting, the author integrates the study of sociolinguistic variation, interactional analysis (the use of discourse analysis to examine the implicit rules and roles that govern social interaction), and ethnographic fieldwork to develop a deeper understanding of how, when, and why speakers shift their styles. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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African American teenagers · Language · Case studies · English language · Spoken English · United States · Case studies · Social aspects · Variation · African Americans · Languages · Black English · California · Americanisms · Alim, H. Samy
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE3102.N44 A44 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE3102.N44 A44 2004	AVAILABLE

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Do You Speak American? : A Companion To The PBS Television Series

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Robert MacNeil and William Cran
Publication Details
Book, 1st ed, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2005
Description
Is American English in decline? is the tale of their discoveries, which provocatively show how the standard for American English?if a standard exists?is changing quickly and dramatically. While examining the histories and controversies surrounding both written and spoken American English, they address anxieties and assumptions that, when explored, are highly emotional, such as the growing influence of Spanish as a threat to American English and the special treatment of African-American vernacular English. Each wave of immigration has brought new words to enrich the American language. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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English language · United States · Dialects · Variation · Social aspects · Spoken English · Americanisms · MacNeil, Robert, 1931- · Cran, William · McCrum, Robert
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(UPPER LEVEL) PE2808 .M26 2005 LOST&PD6-11/07

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PE2808 .M26 2005	LOST&PD6-11/07

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