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  • Language and Life on Ocracoke

    The Living History of the Brogue

    de Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, Candy Gaskill ...
    In this follow-up to the celebrated Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram, and Candy Gaskill have produced the most comprehensive linguistic look at Ocracoke yet. Many visitors are drawn to Ocracoke’s natural beauty and fascinating dialect, known as the Ocracoke Brogue. During the summer on the island, despite the required ferry ride to even set foot there, tourists (or, as ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks

    The Story of the Ocracoke Brogue

    de Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling ...
    As many visitors to Ocracoke will attest, the island’s vibrant dialect is one of its most distinctive cultural features. In Hoi Toide on the Outer Banks, Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes present a fascinating account of the Ocracoke brogue. They trace its development, identify the elements of pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax that make it unique, and even provide a glossary and quiz to ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • African American Language

    Language development from Infancy to Adulthood

    de Mary Kohn, Walt Wolfram, Charlie Farrington, Jennifer Renn, Janneke Van Hofwegen ...
    From birth to early adulthood, all aspects of a child's life undergo enormous development and change, and language is no exception. This book documents the results of a pioneering longitudinal linguistic survey, which followed a cohort of sixty-seven African American children over the first twenty years of life, to examine language development through childhood. It offers the first opportunity to ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • American English, Enhanced Edition

    Dialects and Variation

    de Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling ...
    Series series Language in Society
    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 textFeatures brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics ... Leer más

    $46.00 USD

  • Talkin' Tar Heel

    How Our Voices Tell the Story of North Carolina

    de Walt Wolfram, Jeffrey Reaser ...
    Are you considered a “dingbatter,” or outsider, when you visit the Outer Banks?Have you ever noticed a picture in your house hanging a little “sigogglin,” or crooked?Do you enjoy spending time with your “buddyrow,” or close friend?Drawing on over two decades of research and 3,000 recorded interviews from every corner of the state, Walt Wolfram and Jeffrey Reaser’s lively book introduces readers to ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Dialects at School

    Educating Linguistically Diverse Students

    de Jeffrey Reaser, Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian ...
    Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students’ speech and writing, teaching Standard English, teaching students about dialects, and distinguishing dialect difference from language disorders. It approaches these issues from a practical ... Leer más

    $61.99 USD

  • American English

    Dialects and Variation

    de Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling ...
    Series series Language in Society
    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 textFeatures brand new chapters that cover the very latest topics ... Leer más

    $46.00 USD

  • Language Variety in the New South

    Contemporary Perspectives on Change and Variation

    Edición de Jeffrey Reaser, Eric Wilbanks, Karissa Wojcik, Walt Wolfram ...
    Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines to assess the use and meaning of language in the South, a region rich in dialects and variants, this comprehensive edited collection reflects the cutting-edge research presented at the fourth decennial meeting of Language Variety in the South in 2014. Focusing on the ongoing changes and surprising continuities associated with the contemporary ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Dialects in Schools and Communities

    de Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian ...
    This book describes dialect differences in American English and their impact on education and everyday life. It explores some of the major issues that confront educational practitioners and suggests what practitioners can do to recognize students’ language abilities, support their language development, and expand their knowledge about dialects. Topics addressed include:*popular concerns about the ... Leer más

    $63.99 USD

  • Speaking of Alabama

    The History, Diversity, Function, and Change of Language

    de Thomas E. Nunnally, Rachael Allbritten, Guy H. Bailey, Charlotte Brammer, Catherine Evans Davies, Jocelyn Doxsey, Crawford Feagin, James Daniel Hasty, Kimberly Johnson0, Michael D. Picone1, Robin Sabino2, Anna Head Spence3, Dr. Michael B. Montgomery4 ...
    Informative and entertaining essays on the accents, dialects, and speech patterns particular to AlabamaThomas E. Nunnally’s fascinating volume presents essays by linguists who examine with affection and curiosity the speech varieties occurring both past and present across Alabama. Taken together, the accounts in this volume offer an engaging view of the major features that characterize Alabama’s ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

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  • Word On The Street

    Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English

    de John Mcwhorter ...
    Though there is a contingent of linguists who fight the fact, our language is always changing -- not only through slang, but sound, syntax, and words' meanings as well. Debunking the myth of "pure" standard English, tackling controversial positions, and eschewing politically correct arguments, linguist John McWhorter considers speech patterns and regional accents to demonstrate just how the ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Dialect Diversity in America

    The Politics of Language Change

    de William Labov ...
    Series series Page-Barbour Lectures
    The sociolinguist William Labov has worked for decades on change in progress in American dialects and on African American Vernacular English (AAVE). In Dialect Diversity in America, Labov examines the diversity among American dialects and presents the counterintuitive finding that geographically localized dialects of North American English are increasingly diverging from one another over time ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD