Dialect & Language Variation

by Michael D. Linn and Harold Byron Allen

This anthology emphasizes dialects of American English and language variation in America. The editors present original essays by today's leading investigators, including articles by some of Europe's best dialectologists, obtained expressly for this work. Important topics featured in Dialect and Language Variation include:**Dialect theories: linguistic geography, structural and generative dialectology, and language variation.**The nature of social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0120511304
• ISBN13: 9780120511303
• Release Date: March 1986
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.