TY - BOOK AU - Wolfram,Walt AU - Schilling-Estes,Natalie AU - Myrick,Caroline AU - Schneier,Joel TI - American English T2 - Language in Society AV - PE2841 .W654 2016eb U1 - 427/.973 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, England PB - Wiley Blackwell KW - English language KW - Dialects KW - United States KW - Variation KW - Americanisms KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index; Dialects, standards, and vernaculars -- Why dialects? -- Levels of dialect -- Dialects in the United States : past, present, and future -- Regional varieties of English -- Social varieties of American English -- Ethnicity and American English -- African American English -- Gender and language variation -- Dialects and style -- The application of dialect study -- Dialect awareness : extending application UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11115172 ER -