{"product_id":"language-in-the-usa-themes-for-the-twenty-first-century-paperback-9780521777476","title":"Language in the USA; Themes for the Twenty-first Century (Paperback) 9780521777476","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage in the USA\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThemes for the Twenty-first Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEdward Finegan (Edited by), John R. Rickford (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521777476, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 June 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e519 pages, 8 b\/w illus.  40 maps  21 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.5 x 3.1 cm, 1.015 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'the publishers have rightly decided that a completely new book is in order to illustrate recent findings and new foci of the \"21st century\". … Finegan provides a useful survey, … and recent atlases, which includes an intelligent use of maps. The chapter interestingly shows that very different methods of data collection and analysis over the years have generally confirmed the findings of the earlier studies.' Anglia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA. Through a series of specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars, it explores the nature of language variation in the United States and its social, historical and political significance. The book is divided into three sections. Part I, American English, explores the history and distinctiveness of American English, and regional and social varieties. Part II, Other Language Varieties, looks at multilingualism and linguistic diversity. Part III, The Sociolinguistic Situation in the USA includes chapters on attitudes to language, language and education, Rap and Hip Hop, and adolescent language. It also explores issues such as the Ebonics controversy and the English Only movement. Clear, accessible and broad in its coverage, this book will be welcomed by students across the disciplines of English, Linguistics, Communication, American Studies and Popular Culture, as well as anyone interested more generally in language-related issues.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. American English: 1. American English: its origins and history Richard W. Bailey\u003cbr\u003e 2. The distinctiveness of American English Edward Finegan\u003cbr\u003e 3. Regional American dialects William Kretzschmar\u003cbr\u003e 4. Social varieties of American English Walt Wolfram\u003cbr\u003e 5. African-American vernacular English Lisa Green\u003cbr\u003e 6. The dictionary of American regional English Joan Houston Hall\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Other Language Varieties in the USA: 7. Multilingualism and non-English mother tongues Joshua A Fishman\u003cbr\u003e 8. Creole languages in the United States: forging new identities Patricia Nichols\u003cbr\u003e 9. Native American languages Akira Y. Yamamoto and Ofelia Zepeda\u003cbr\u003e 10. Spanish in the northeast Ana Celia Zentella\u003cbr\u003e 11. Spanish in the southwest Carmen Silva-Corvalán\u003cbr\u003e 12. American sign language Ceil Lucas and Clayton Valli\u003cbr\u003e 13. Asian American voices Thom Huebner and Linda Uyechi\u003cbr\u003e 14. Linguistic diversity and English language acquisition Robert Bayley\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Sociolinguistic Situation in the USA: 15. Language ideology and language prejudice Rosina Lippi-Green\u003cbr\u003e 16. Ebonics and its controversy John Baugh\u003cbr\u003e 17. Language policy and English-only Terrence G. Wiley\u003cbr\u003e 18. Language and Education Lily Wong Fillmore\u003cbr\u003e 19. Adolescent language Penelope Eckert\u003cbr\u003e 20. Slang Connie Eble\u003cbr\u003e 21. Rap and hip hop H. Samy Alim\u003cbr\u003e 22. Language, gender and sexuality Mary Bucholtz\u003cbr\u003e 23. Language and identity in American literature James Peterson\u003cbr\u003e 24. The language of doctors and patients Cynthia Hagstrom\u003cbr\u003e 25. The language of cyberspace Denise E. Murray\u003cbr\u003e 26. Language attitudes to US speech Dennis R. 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