Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first CenturyEdward Finegan, John R. Rickford This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA, exploring the nature of language variation in the United States and its social, historical and political significance. The book is divided into three sections: Part I, American English; Part II, Other Language Varieties; and Part III, The Sociolinguistic Situation in the USA. Clear, accessible and broad in its coverage, it will be welcomed by students across the disciplines of English, Linguistics, Communication, American Studies and Popular Culture, as well as anyone interested more generally in language-related issues. |
Contents
American English its origins and history | 3 |
American English and its distinctiveness | 18 |
Regional dialects | 39 |
Social varieties of American English | 58 |
African American English | 76 |
The Dictionary of American Regional English | 92 |
Other language varieties | 113 |
Multilingualism and nonEnglish mother tongues | 115 |
The sociolinguistic situation | 287 |
Language ideology and language prejudice | 289 |
Ebonics and its controversy | 305 |
Language planning language policy and the EnglishOnly Movement | 319 |
Language in education | 339 |
Adolescent language | 361 |
Slang | 375 |
Hip Hop Nation Language | 387 |
Creole languages forging new identities | 133 |
Native American languages | 153 |
Spanish in the Northeast | 182 |
Spanish in the Southwest | 205 |
American Sign Language | 230 |
Asian American voices language in the Asian American community | 245 |
Linguistic diversity and English language acquisition | 268 |
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