Dictionary of American Regional English

by Joan Houston Hall and Frederic G. Cassidy

Volume I of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), published to wide acclaim in 1985, captured the wondrous variety and creativeness of American folk words and expressions and tickled the imagination of lovers of language around the world. Decades in preparation, the DARE corpus reflects the liveliness of English as it is spoken on America's main streets and country roads--the regional metaphors and similes passed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067420512X
• ISBN13: 9780674205123
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 1200 Pages
• Weight: 6.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 8.9" x 11.3"