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Informationen zum Autor Walt Wolfram is William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor at North Carolina State University, and has authored numerous books including The Development of African American English (with Erik Thomas, Blackwell, 2002) and American Voices (co-edited with Ben Ward, Blackwell, 2006). His most recent book is Talkin' Tar Heel: How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina (2014). Natalie Schilling is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is co-editor of The Handbook of Language Variation and Change, second edition (with J. K. Chambers, 2013, Wiley), and author of Sociolinguistic Fieldwork (2013). Klappentext A thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic text, American English: Dialects and Variation 3e chronicles the ongoing story of language variation in American English. For the first time, this textbook is accompanied by a companion website hosting a wealth of audio and video clips that enhance the themes and discussions of the text. The authors explore contexts ranging from historically isolated, rural dialects to developing, urban ethnic varieties, and include new discussions on Jewish English and Asian-American English to complement coverage on African-American, Latino, Cajun, and Native American English, as they guide the reader through the evolving theoretical framework of variationist sociolinguistics and its recent breakthroughs. The engaging and accessible style of this book has long made it a favorite of students and professors alike; with its new features, including a glossary and extensive appendix of pronunciation and lexical features of American Englishes, it is sure to be a mainstay of sociolinguistics classes for years to come. Zusammenfassung The new edition of this classic text chronicles recent breakthrough developments in the field of American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPreface ixPhonetic Symbols xivList of Figures xvii1 Dialects, Standards, and Vernaculars 11.1 Defining Dialect 21.2 Dialect: The Popular Viewpoint 31.3 Dialect Myths and Linguistic Reality 141.4 Standards and Vernaculars 171.5 Descriptivism and Prescriptivism 271.6 Vernacular Dialects 301.7 Labeling Vernacular Dialects 331.8 Why Study Dialects? 351.9 A Tradition of Study 421.10 Further Reading 482 Why Dialects? 502.1 Sociohistorical Explanation 512.1.1 Settlement 522.1.2 Migration 552.1.3 Geographical factors 562.1.4 Language contact 582.1.5 Economic ecology 612.1.6 Social stratification 632.1.7 Social interaction, social practices, and speech communities 652.1.8 Group and individual identity 732.2 Linguistic Explanation 772.2.1 Rule extension 822.2.2 Analogy 842.2.3 Transparency and grammaticalization 912.2.4 Pronunciation principles 972.2.5 Words and word meanings 1072.3 The Final Product 1112.4 Further Reading 1123 Levels of Dialect 1153.1 Lexical Differences 1153.2 Slang 1243.3 Phonological Differences 1293.4 Grammatical Differences 1443.5 Language Use and Pragmatics 1553.6 Further Reading 1664 Dialects in the United States: Past, Present, and Future 1694.1 The First English(es) in America 1704.1.1 Jamestown 1704.1.2 Boston 1734.1.3 Philadelphia 1774.1.4 Charleston 1794.1.5 New Orleans 1814.2 Earlier American English: The Colonial Period 1824.3 American English Extended 1874.4 The Westward Expansion of English 1914.5 The Present and Future State of American English 1954.6 Further Reading 2025 Regional Varieties of English 2055.1 Eliciting Regional Dialect Forms 2055.2 Mapping Regional Variants 2085.3 The Distribution of Dialect Forms 2115.4 Dialect Diffusion 2215.5 Perceptual Dialectology 2285.6 Region and Place 2335.7 Further Reading 2356 Social Varieties of American English 2396.1 Social Status and Class 2406.2 Beyond Social Class 2446.3 In...
