Title
- Story Of English
Attribution
Robert MacNeil and William CranPublication Details
Book1st edNan A. Talese/Doubleday2005Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PE2808 .M26 2005 BILLED New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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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)Subject
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Notes
- Sequel to: The story of English
- "Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference in how men and women adapt to linguistic variations?" "These questions, and more, about our language catapulted Robert MacNeil and William Cran - the authors (with Robert McCrum) of the language classic The Story of English - across the country in search of the answers. Do You Speak American? Is the tale of their discoveries, which show how the standard for American English - if a standard exists - is changing quickly and dramatically."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- 1. The language wars
- 2. Changing dialects : dingbatters versus hoi-toiders
- 3. Toward a standard : putting the "R" in "American"
- 4. This ain’t your mama’s South anymore
- 5. Hispanic immigration : reconquest or assimilation?
- 6. Bad-mouthing black English
- 7. Language from a state of change
- 8. Teaching computers to speak American
ISBN
- 0385511981
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