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A compendium of words, phrases, and local meanings has been culled from years of research, using thousands of interviews with representative American communities. Online index is at http://dare.wisc.edu/?q=node/18.
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,83 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9780674205116
A compendium of words, phrases, and local meanings has been culled from years of research, using thousands of interviews with representative American communities. Online index is at http://dare.wisc.edu/?q=node/18.
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,31 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9780674008847
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 1074 pages
File Size : 21,77 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
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This series capture the language spoken on America's main streets and country roads, words and phrases passed along within homes and communities, from east to west, north to south, childhood to old age. Built upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, this series preserves the language with all its idioms and peculiarities.
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher : Belknap Press
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 27,44 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
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A compendium of words, phrases, and local meanings has been culled from years of research, using thousands of interviews with representative American communities. Online index is at http://dare.wisc.edu/?q=node/18.
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher :
Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Americanisms
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A compendium of words, phrases, and local meanings has been culled from years of research, using thousands of interviews with representative American communities. Online index is at http://dare.wisc.edu/?q=node/18.
Author : Frederic Gomes Cassidy
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Page : pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 2013
Category : English language
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : X-Standing Order-RF.
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,65 MB
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Author : Walt Wolfram
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1118391438
The new edition of this classic text chronicles recent breakthrough developments in the field of American English, covering regional, ethnic, and gender-based differences. Now accompanied by a companion website with an extensive array of sound files, video clips, and other online materials to enhance and illustrate discussions in the text Features brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics, such as Levels of Dialect, Regional Varieties of English, Gender and Language Variation, The Application of Dialect Study, and Dialect Awareness: Extending Application, as well as new exercises with online answers Updated to contain dialect samples from a wider array of US regions Written for students taking courses in dialect studies, variationist sociolinguistics, and linguistic anthropology, and requires no pre-knowledge of linguistics Includes a glossary and extensive appendix of the pronunciation, grammatical, and lexical features of American English dialects
Author : Frederic G. Cassidy
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,86 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9780674205116