Dialect and Language Variation

Dialect Theory -- Linguistic Geography : Achievements, Methods, And Orientations / Gino Bottiglioni -- Is Structural Dialectology Possible? / Urielo Weinreich -- Other Recent Approaches / K.m. Petyt -- Regional Dialects -- The Methods Of American Dialectology / E. Bagby Atwood -- The Sociocultural Background Of Dialect Areas In American English / Hans Kurath -- Linguistic Geography / Raven I. Mcdavid, Jr. -- General American : An Ambiguity / William R. Van Riper -- The Speech Of Rural New England / Audrey R. Duckert -- South Midland Pronunciation In The North Central States / Timothy C. Frazer -- The Primary Dialect Areas Of The Upper Midwest / Harold B. Allen -- Grassroots Grammar In The Gulf States / Lee Pederson -- The Speech Of The American Heartland : Oklahoma / Bobbé Lou Van Riper -- Problems Of English Speech Mixture In California And Nevada / Carroll E. Reed And David W. Reed -- Unstressed Vowels In Appalachian English / Ronald R. Butters -- Language Variation--some Realities / Frederic G. Cassidy. The Contemporary Context Of Canadian English / Walter S. Avis -- The Concept Of Dialect And The Study Of Canadian English / Ian Pringle -- Social Dialects And Language Variation -- The Social Distribution Of Selected Verb Forms In The Linguistic Atlas Of The North Central States / Virginia Mcdavid -- The Linguistic Atlas Of The Upper Midwest As A Source Of Sociolinguistic Information / Harold B. Allen -- Southern White In The English Language Community / Crawford Feagin -- Reflections On Class And Language / Richard Ohmann -- The Social Stratification Of (r) In New York City Department Stores / William Labov -- The Vocalization Of Intervocalic /l/ In Philadelphia / Sharon Ash -- Toward A Theory Of Social Dialect Variation / Anthony S. Kroch -- Social Network And Linguistic Focusing / Lesley Milroy -- Aspects Of Language Variability And Two Areas Of Applications / Roger Shuy -- Social Identity And Linguistic Sex Differentiation / Peter Trudgill -- You Say What You Are : Acceptability And Gender-related Language / Robin Lakoff -- Social Dialectology : A Plea For More Data / Wolfgang Viereck. Ethnicity And Dialects -- Ethnicity In Phonological Variation And Change / Martha Laferriere -- The Relation Between Black And White Speech In The South / Ralph W. Fasold -- A Reexamination Of The Black English Copula / John Baugh -- Mexican-american English : Social Correlates Of Regional Pronunciation / Roger M. Thompson -- Historical Development And Language Change -- American English At The Time Of The Revolution / Guy Jean Forgue -- The Social Origins Of Sound Change / William Labov -- On The Sociality Of Creole Languages / William Washabaugh -- Dialects And Education -- Standard And Disparate Varieties Of English In The United States : Educational Sociopolitical Implications / Riley B. Smith And Donald M. Lance -- Black And White Adolescent And Preadolescent Attitudes Toward Black English / Michael D. Linn And Gene Piché -- American Indian English And Its Implications For Bilingual Education / William L. Leap. Edited By Harold B. Allen, Michael D. Linn. Includes Bibliographies And Index.