American Voices: How Dialects Differ from Coast to Coast
American Voices is a collection of short, readable descriptions of various American dialects, written by top researchers in the field.\ \ written by top researchers in the field and includes Southern English, New England speech, Chicano English, Appalachian English, Canadian English, and California English, among many others\ fascinating look at the full range of American social, ethnic, and regional dialects written for the lay person\
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American Voices is a collection of short, readable descriptions of various American dialects, written by top researchers in the field. written by top researchers in the field and includes Southern English, New England speech, Chicano English, Appalachian English, Canadian English, and California English, among many others fascinating look at the full range of American social, ethnic, and regional dialects written for the lay person
1Language evolution or dying traditions? : the state of American dialects12Sounds of the South113Defining Appalachian English174If these hills could talk (Smoky Mountains)225Doing the Charleston (South Carolina)296The Lone Star State of speech (Texas)367Speaking the Big Easy (New Orleans, LA)428Sounds of Ole Man River (Memphis, TN)499Yakking with the Yankees (New England)5710Beantown babble (Boston, MA)6311Mainely English7012Steel town speak (Pittsburgh, PA)7713New York tawk (New York City, NY)8214Expressions of brotherly love (Philadelphia, PA)8815Maple leaf rap (Canada)9316An introduction to Midwest English10117Straight talking from the heartland (Midwest)10618Words of the Windy City (Chicago, IL)11219Different ways of talking in the Buckeye State (Ohio)11820Spirited speech (St. Louis, MO)12421Saying ya to the yoopers (Michigan's Upper Peninsula)13022Getting real in the golden state (California)13923Desert dialect (Utah)14424Dialects in the mist (Portland, OR)14925Arizona's not so standard English15626Topics from the tropics (Hawai'i)16527Speaking strictly roots (West Indies)17228Gullah Gullah Islands (Sea Island, SC, GA)17829Islands of diversity (Bahamas)18330Dialects in danger (Outer Banks, NC)18931Fighting the tide (Smith Island, MD)19632From cod to cool (Newfoundland, Canada)20333The world's loneliest dialect (Tristan da Cunha)21034Bridging the great divide (African American English)21735When linguistic worlds collide (African American English)22536Talkin' with mi Gente (Chicano English)23337Stirring the linguistic gumbo (Cajun English)23838From the brickhouse to the swamp (Lumbee Vernacular English)24439More than just yada yada yada (Jewish English)25140Fading future for ferhoodled English (Pennsylvania German)258
\ From the Publisher“This is a terrific book! Its geographical and sociocultural coverage is impressively broad, and its contributors include the leading experts on each variety. Authoritative content, accessible writing, jazzy titles and copious photographs combine to make this a volume that linguistic professionals, college students, and the general public will find equally inviting.” John R. Rickford, Stanford University\ “Walt Wolfram must be a very persuasive man. He and Ben Ward have persuaded some of the world’s greatest experts on North American varieties of English to appear between the same covers to create a state-of-the-art, but also extremely accessible and highly enjoyable, book on these fascinating dialects, their pasts, and their futures.” Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg\ \ \
