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Harvard University Press Dictionary of American Regional English
Book SynopsisLike its popular predecessor, Volume II of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is a treasury of vernacular Americanisms. The more than 11,000 entries contained in Volume IIfrom the poetic and humorous to the witty and downright bawdywill delight and inform readers.Trade ReviewDARE, as it is known, has the information you will need to bush around (discuss) the difference between bush-busters (hillbillies) and bush eels (rattlesnakes). One could make a sport out of guessing the meanings of DARE entries… Every page of DARE shows the absolute centrality of metaphor and other forms of verbal figuration to colloquial speech. Naming storms for the damage they do, or foods for what they do to your stomach, or foreigners for the strange traits they exhibit—these tendencies suggest just how much of reality is established after the fact, in conversations about shared experience by people with a common world of reference… Because of its reliance on and scrupulous recording of personal testimony, DARE is one of the most poignant reference books ever compiled, a great exploration of the far reaches and dark corners of American cultural memory… This massive cataract of language is enough to make one cry uncle, or calf rope, or barley out, or I want a crab apple—or a perennial favorite, never out of style for long: mama. -- Dan Chiasson * Harper’s *For the first time, in the nation of homogenized milk and golfheaded pifflespeakers, we have a definitive picture of who says what where when the TV is off. This picture, literally dotted out on helpful maps, provides a raucous hymn to linguistic diversity. Even more important, it serves as a sort of verbal game preserve where all manner of endangered species—from big hats to blind tigers—may linger a while longer. * Boston Globe *A staggering work of collective scholarship… DARE is not only a reference treasure for the scholar and the general word lover, it’s a lode for raiding parties by specialists of all kinds… Most of all, DARE is evidence that American speech will never become stale and fusty, that the great linguistic homogenization of television is a myth. -- Henry Kisor * Chicago Sun-Times *DARE is a monumental and impressive work… For those studying American English or linguistics, this is a work that will be consulted again and again. -- Daniel F. Phelan * Language and Linguistics *Because these volumes are the most complete lexical records we have of the American experience, much of the history and contemporary condition of American society can be found in their pages… We are very fortunate to have DARE; it is not a dictionary; it is a national treasure. -- Edward Callary * Language in Society *The most exciting linguistic project going on in the United States. -- William Safire * New York Times *The long-awaited, definitive and fascinating Dictionary of American Regional English [DARE]…is all we had hoped for and more. It includes the regional and folk language, past and present, of the old and the young, men and women, white and black, the rural and the urban, from all walks of life. Although DARE will be one of the most scholarly, comprehensive, and detailed dictionaries ever completed…it will also be one of the easiest and most enjoyable to use or browse in… This is an exciting, lasting work of useful scholarship accomplished with excellence, a work that scholars and laypeople alike will study, use, and enjoy for generations. -- Stuart B. Flexner * New York Times Book Review *To open its pages is to thrill at the exploration of the New World and to trace the course of American history through its language… Its editors, led by Professor Frederic G. Cassidy, have caught the native poetry of America on every page. -- Fred Strebeigh * Smithsonian *In its scope and thoroughness, Cassidy’s dictionary is unmatched as a kind of refuge for colloquialisms threatened with extinction… Writers, etymologists and other devotees of verbal arcana have never been given a richer browsing ground. -- Ezra Bowen * Time *Proof that tourism, television and technological change haven’t rounded off all the gaudy and gracious edges of the way we talk. -- L. A. Jolidon * USA Today *Table of Contents* Preface * Acknowledgments * List of Abbreviations *Dictionary of American Regional English, D--H
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Harvard University Press Dictionary of American Regional English
Book SynopsisBuilt upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, the Dictionary of American Regional English preserves a language that lives and dies as we breathe. It will amuse and inform, delight and instruct, and keep alive the speech that we have made our own, and that has made us who we are.Trade ReviewTo learn how [the word jerk] is used in the American dialect--and where it began--we are now blessed with Volume Three (I to O) of the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), coming out this month, edited by America's lexicographical giant, Fred Cassidy, now 89, with Joan Houston Hall. -- William Safire * New York Times Magazine *This long-awaited, definitive and fascinating Dictionary of American Regional English [DARE]...is all we had hoped for and more. It includes the regional and folk language, past and present, of the old and the young, men and women, white and black, the rural and the urban, from all walks of life...Although DARE will be one of the most scholarly, comprehensive and detailed dictionaries ever completed...it will also be one of the easiest and most enjoyable to use or browse in...This is an exciting, lasting work of useful scholarship accomplished with excellence, a work that scholars and laypeople alike will study, use and enjoy for generations. -- Stuart B. Flexner * New York Times Book Review *It already seems clear that...the dictionary will rank as one of the glories of contemporary American scholarship...it is endlessly rewarding to dip into, and if you look up a particular word or phrase you are in constant danger of being seduced to something else...It is a work to consult, and a work to savor--a work to last a lifetime. -- John Gross * New York Times *Proof that tourism, television and technological change haven't rounded off all the gaudy and gracious edges of the way we talk. -- William Safire * New York Times Magazine *Volume III of the Dictionary of American Regional English--or DARE, to its language-loving devotees coast to coast--is the latest installment ("I" to "O") of the most comprehensive effort ever mounted to capture the words the American people actually use in theireveryday life, words that don't always get written down It's a browser's delight and a front-row seat at the Great American Variety Show. -- Rick Horowitz * Chicago Tribune *[T]he regional qualities of American English continue to make our tongue colorful, gracious, even elegant. This dictionary examines those words and phrases--not the everyday ones we all use, like hand or smile or part-time DARE is especially revealing; it shows, almost instantly, that in this country language is not fodder for regulation; language simply is, period. We all say much the same things--in sometimes very different ways...This survey of spoken English is, as its publisher proudly proclaims, unprecedented. It's also scholarly, endlessly fascinating and enlightening. You can hear America talking from its pages -- Howard S. Shapiro * Philadelphia Inquirer *Editor Frederic G. Cassidy and associate editior Joan Houston Hall have an appetite for American dialect suited to their painstaking work on what may be the great reference work of our age...But while the OED's English is like Latin--a linguistic fossil bed--DARE documents a living, mutable language...DARE offers delights on every page, the taxonomy of 10,000 fanciful American constructions,turns of phrase and words that don't mean what you think. -- David Medaris * Isthmus *[A] green pasture of language, perfect for browsing by a lover of words. -- James Kilpatrick * Chicago Sun-Times *The dictionary [is] very easy to read and to interpret. The senses were clearly delineated, and the quotations aptly chosen...One very wise practice was the use of a double dagger "to indicate a word or sense of questionable genuineness"...An editor who had chosen not to include such items might have deprived future dialectologists of potentially important data should they happen to come across these words later...DARE has indeed become an indispensable resource for the study of American English, "a routine starting point for current and future dialect studies" (Wolfram, American Speech, 1985). -- Betty S. Phillips * American Speech *The most comprehensive collection of America's regional lexis...The third volume is, as its predecessors before it, a rich mine of information, impeccably edited and printed and a joy to read. We are looking forward to the volumes still to come, hoping they will be published soon. * Indogermanische Forschungen *Devotees of verbal arcana have never been given a richer browsing ground. But while they are discovering that a blind tiger is a place to buy and drink moonshine, or that there are 176 names for dust balls under the bed, they are also bound to be awed by the dictionary's staggering scholarship. -- Ezra Bowen * Time *A flat-out excellent continuation of the first volume...DARE must be seen as having an influence on the field of lexicography when editors of other dictionaries look to it for guidance. This type of influence previously has been seen rarely, outside of the pervasive influence exercised by the OED...The makers of DARE, from Cassidy to copy editor, can rest assured that their work will long be used and held valuable by the American contingent of humanity. -- Thomas L. Clark * American Speech *Flowerpots and sinkers and cabbage patches fill the fascinating pages of the Dictionary of American Regional English(DARE), whose second volume, D to H, comes out this summer...It is not everyone's idea of fun to cozy up with a dictionary, of course. But this is not just any old reference book. It's a linguistic guide to America, with a little bit of Americana waiting to be discovered on every one of its 1,192 pages. -- Rick Horowitz * Miami Herald *In DARE, it's the speakers who get their say. A trip through its pages is part Trivial Pursuit®, part scholarship, and part treasure hunt. -- Bob Secter * Los Angeles Times *From dabble (to wash or rinse quickly) right through to hyuh (i.e., here) the Dictionary of American Regional English...catalogs the crazy ways we talked before being mass-commed into a nation of mush-mouths. * Newsweek *Because these volumes are the most complete lexical records we have of the American experience, much of the history and contemporary condition of American society can be found in their pages...We are very fortunate to have DARE; it is not a dictionary; it is a national treasure. -- Edward Callary * Language in Society *Devotees of verbal arcana have never been given a richer browsing ground. But while they are discovering that a blind tiger is a place to buy and drink moonshine, or that there are 176 names for dust balls under the bed, they are also bound to be awed by the dictionary's staggering scholarship. -- Ezra Bowen * Time *The content of the DARE volumes is both enlightening and entertaining...Anyone with an interest in American history and life in general will enjoy browsing through this volume. -- Kay O. Cornelius * Language and Linguistics *Table of Contents*DARE Staff, Volume III * Preface * Acknowledgments * The Anatomy of a DARE Entry * List of Abbreviations *Dictionary of American Regional English, I--O
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University of Toronto Press Words and Works Studies in Medieval English
Book SynopsisWith contributions by some of the leading scholars in the field, this book is a distinguished collection of essays on Old and Middle English literature and textual analysis.
£59.40
Northwestern University Press Adventures of the Dialectic Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
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The University of Alabama Press The IndoEuropean Dialects
Book SynopsisTranslates Meillet's philological study from the 1908 French edition and the author's 1922 introduction to printing. This book covers indexes and bibliographical references to salient works from the half-century after original composition.Trade ReviewMeillet's book is a minor classic. The translation, on the whole, is good. - Slavic and East European Journal
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd American Voices
Book SynopsisAmerican Voices is a collection of short, readable descriptions of various American dialects, written by top researchers in the field. written by top researchers in the field and includes Southern English, New England speech, Chicano English, Appalachian English, Canadian English, and California English, among many others fascinating look at the full range of American social, ethnic, and regional dialects written for the lay person Trade Review“This is a terrific book! Its geographical and sociocultural coverage is impressively broad, and its contributors include the leading experts on each variety. Authoritative content, accessible writing, jazzy titles and copious photographs combine to make this a volume that linguistic professionals, college students, and the general public will find equally inviting.” John R. Rickford, Stanford University “Walt Wolfram must be a very persuasive man. He and Ben Ward have persuaded some of the world’s greatest experts on North American varieties of English to appear between the same covers to create a state-of-the-art, but also extremely accessible and highly enjoyable, book on these fascinating dialects, their pasts, and their futures.” Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. 1. Language Evolution or Dying Traditions. The State of American Dialects. (Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes). Part I The South. 2. Sounds of the South. (Guy Bailey and Jan Tillery). 3. Defining Appalachian English. (Kirk Hazen and Ellen Fluharty). 4. If these Hills Could Talk (Smoky Mountains). (Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, Neal Hutcheson, and Bridget Anderson). 5. Doing the Charleston (South Carolina). (Maciej Baranowski). 6. The Lone Star State of Speech (Texas).(Guy Bailey and Jan Tillery). 7. Speaking the Big Easy (New Orleans, LA). (Connie Eble). 8. Sounds of Ole Man River (Memphis, TN). (Valerie Fridland). Part II The North. 9. Yakking with the Yankees (New England). (Julie Roberts, Naomi Nagy, and Charles Boberg). 10. Beantown Babble (Boston, MA). (Jim Fitzpatrick). 11. Mainely English. (Jane Smith). 12. Steel Town Speak (Pittsburgh, PA). (Barbara Johnstone and Scott Kiesling). 13. New Yawk Tawk (New York City, NY). (Michael Newman). 14. Expressions of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia, PA). (Claudio Salvucci). 15. Maple Leaf Rap (Canada). (J.K. Chambers). Part III The Midwest. 16. An Introduction to Midwest English. (Timothy C. Frazer). 17. Straight Talking from the Heartland (Midwest). (Matthew Gordon). 18. Words of the Windy City (Chicago, IL). (Richard Cameron). 19. Different Ways of Talking in the Buckeye State (Ohio). (Beverly Flanigan). 20. Spirited Speech (St. Louis, MO). (Tom Murray). 21. Saying Ya to the Yoopers (Michigan’s Upper Peninsula). (Beth Simon). Part IV The West. 22. Getting Real in the Golden State (California). (Penelope Eckert and Norma Mendoza- Denton). 23. Desert Dialect (Utah). (Davie Bowie and Wendy Morkel). 24. Dialects in the Mist (Portland, OR). (Jeff Conn). 25. Arizona’s not so Standard English. (Lauren Lew-Hall). Part V Islands. 26. Topics from the Tropics (Hawai’i). (Miriam Meyerhoff). 27. Speaking Strictly Roots (West Indies). (Renee Blake). 28. Gullah Gullah Islands (Sea Island, SC, GA). (Tracey Weldon). 29. Islands of Diversity (Bahamas). (Walt Wolfram, Becky Childs, Jeffrey Reaser, and Ben Torbert). 30. Dialect in Danger (Outer Banks, NC). (Walt Wolfram). 31. Fighting the Tide (Smith Island, MD). (Natalie Schilling-Estes). 32. From Cod to Cool (Newfoundland, Canada). (Sandra Clark). 33. The World’s Loneliest Island (Tristan de Cunha). (Daniel Schreier). Sociocultural Dialects. 34. Bridging the Great Divide (African American English). (John Baugh). 35. When Languages Collide (African American English). (Walt Wolfram and Benjamin Torbert). 36. Talking with mi Gente (Chicano English). (Carmen Fought). 37. Stirring the Linguistic Gumbo (Cajun English). (Megan Melancon). 38. From the Brickhouse to the Swamp (Lumbee Vernacular English). (Walt Wolfram). 39. More than just yada, yada, yada (Jewish English). (Cynthia Bernstein). 40. Fading Future for Ferhoodled English (Pennsylvania German). (Lois Huffines). Notes on Contributors.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd American Voices
Book SynopsisAmerican Voices is a collection of short, readable descriptions of various American dialects, written by top researchers in the field. written by top researchers in the field and includes Southern English, New England speech, Chicano English, Appalachian English, Canadian English, and California English, among many others fascinating look at the full range of American social, ethnic, and regional dialects written for the lay person Trade Review“This is a terrific book! Its geographical and sociocultural coverage is impressively broad, and its contributors include the leading experts on each variety. Authoritative content, accessible writing, jazzy titles and copious photographs combine to make this a volume that linguistic professionals, college students, and the general public will find equally inviting.” John R. Rickford, Stanford University “Walt Wolfram must be a very persuasive man. He and Ben Ward have persuaded some of the world’s greatest experts on North American varieties of English to appear between the same covers to create a state-of-the-art, but also extremely accessible and highly enjoyable, book on these fascinating dialects, their pasts, and their futures.” Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. Preface. 1. Language Evolution or Dying Traditions. The State of American Dialects. (Walt Wolfram and Natalie Schilling-Estes). Part I The South. 2. Sounds of the South. (Guy Bailey and Jan Tillery). 3. Defining Appalachian English. (Kirk Hazen and Ellen Fluharty). 4. If these Hills Could Talk (Smoky Mountains). (Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, Neal Hutcheson, and Bridget Anderson). 5. Doing the Charleston (South Carolina). (Maciej Baranowski). 6. The Lone Star State of Speech (Texas).(Guy Bailey and Jan Tillery). 7. Speaking the Big Easy (New Orleans, LA). (Connie Eble). 8. Sounds of Ole Man River (Memphis, TN). (Valerie Fridland). Part II The North. 9. Yakking with the Yankees (New England). (Julie Roberts, Naomi Nagy, and Charles Boberg). 10. Beantown Babble (Boston, MA). (Jim Fitzpatrick). 11. Mainely English. (Jane Smith). 12. Steel Town Speak (Pittsburgh, PA). (Barbara Johnstone and Scott Kiesling). 13. New Yawk Tawk (New York City, NY). (Michael Newman). 14. Expressions of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia, PA). (Claudio Salvucci). 15. Maple Leaf Rap (Canada). (J.K. Chambers). Part III The Midwest. 16. An Introduction to Midwest English. (Timothy C. Frazer). 17. Straight Talking from the Heartland (Midwest). (Matthew Gordon). 18. Words of the Windy City (Chicago, IL). (Richard Cameron). 19. Different Ways of Talking in the Buckeye State (Ohio). (Beverly Flanigan). 20. Spirited Speech (St. Louis, MO). (Tom Murray). 21. Saying Ya to the Yoopers (Michigan’s Upper Peninsula). (Beth Simon). Part IV The West. 22. Getting Real in the Golden State (California). (Penelope Eckert and Norma Mendoza- Denton). 23. Desert Dialect (Utah). (Davie Bowie and Wendy Morkel). 24. Dialects in the Mist (Portland, OR). (Jeff Conn). 25. Arizona’s not so Standard English. (Lauren Lew-Hall). Part V Islands. 26. Topics from the Tropics (Hawai’i). (Miriam Meyerhoff). 27. Speaking Strictly Roots (West Indies). (Renee Blake). 28. Gullah Gullah Islands (Sea Island, SC, GA). (Tracey Weldon). 29. Islands of Diversity (Bahamas). (Walt Wolfram, Becky Childs, Jeffrey Reaser, and Ben Torbert). 30. Dialect in Danger (Outer Banks, NC). (Walt Wolfram). 31. Fighting the Tide (Smith Island, MD). (Natalie Schilling-Estes). 32. From Cod to Cool (Newfoundland, Canada). (Sandra Clark). 33. The World’s Loneliest Island (Tristan de Cunha). (Daniel Schreier). Sociocultural Dialects. 34. Bridging the Great Divide (African American English). (John Baugh). 35. When Languages Collide (African American English). (Walt Wolfram and Benjamin Torbert). 36. Talking with mi Gente (Chicano English). (Carmen Fought). 37. Stirring the Linguistic Gumbo (Cajun English). (Megan Melancon). 38. From the Brickhouse to the Swamp (Lumbee Vernacular English). (Walt Wolfram). 39. More than just yada, yada, yada (Jewish English). (Cynthia Bernstein). 40. Fading Future for Ferhoodled English (Pennsylvania German). (Lois Huffines). Notes on Contributors.
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University of Nebraska Press Relativization in Ojibwe
Book SynopsisFollowing previous dialect studies concerned primarily with varieties of Ojibwe spoken in Canada, Relativization in Ojibwe presents the first study of dialect variation for varieties spoken in the United States and along the border region of Ontario and Minnesota.Trade Review“Breaking new ground with some of the world’s best tribal language speakers, Michael Sullivan has forged a powerful tool for revitalization of Ojibwe. The Ojibwe language is in motion. From linguists in the ivory tower to the staff of the immersion schools sprouting up across Ojibwe country, this is required reading.”—Anton Treuer, professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. A Basic Introduction to the Study 1.1. Purpose and Goals 1.2. Ojibwe Relative Clauses 1.2.1. What Is a Relative Clause? 1.2.2. Linguistic Preliminaries 1.2.3. Ojibwe RCs 1.2.3.1. Core versus Relative Root Arguments 1.2.4. Variation in SW Ojibwe 1.3. Algonquian Dialectology 1.3.1. Ojibwe Dialects 1.3.2. Implications of Classifications 1.3.3. Southwestern Ojibwe 1.3.4. Literature Review: Dialect Studies 1.3.4.1. Rhodes and Todd (1981) 1.3.4.2. Valentine (1994) 1.3.4.3. Nichols (2011, 2012) 1.4. Literature Review: Algonquian RCs 1.4.1. Rhodes (1996) 1.4.2. Johns (1982) 1.4.3. Johansson (2011) 1.4.4. Johansson (2013) 1.4.5. Lochbihler and Mathieu (2013) 1.5. Theoretical Preliminaries 1.5.1. Nonconfigurationality 1.5.1.1. The Pronominal Argument Hypothesis (PAH) 1.5.2. The Mirror Principle and the Minimalist Program 1.5.2.1. Feature Checking 1.5.2.2. Independent versus Conjunct 1.5.3. Split-CP Hypothesis (Rizzi 1997) 1.6. Conclusion 1.6.1. Concluding Remarks 2. Ojibwe Morphosyntax 2.1. Typological Preliminaries 2.2. The Sound System 2.2.1. The Vowels 2.2.2. Consonant Inventory 2.3. Morphology 2.3.1. Nouns 2.3.2. Pronouns 2.3.3. Verbal Morphology 2.3.3.1. Palatalization 2.3.3.2. Nominalization 2.3.4. Preverbs 2.4. Inflectional Subsystems 2.4.1. Modes 2.5. Topicality Hierarchy 2.5.1. Obviation 2.6. Initial Change 2.6.1. Wh-questions 2.6.2. Participles 2.6.3. Past/Completive 2.7. Word Order and Clause Structure 2.7.1. The Noun Phrase 2.7.2. Basic Constituency Order 2.7.3. The Left Periphery 2.7.3.1. Focus 2.7.3.2. Topic 3. Methodology 3.1. Survey Apparatus 3.2. Archival Data 3.3. Findings 3.3.1. ji-/da- Complementizer, jibwaa/dabwaa 3.3.2. Preterit Peripheral Suffixes 3.3.3. Neutralization of Inanimate Plural in Conjunct 3.3.4. Number under Obviation 3.3.5. Restructuring of Dependent Stems 3.3.6. Core Demonstratives 3.3.7. Phonological Variation 3.3.7.1. Nasal Behavior 3.3.7.1.1. Initial /n/ 3.3.7.1.2. Final Nasal in Negation Suffix -sii(n) 3.3.7.1.3. Final Nasal /n/ Behavior 3.3.7.1.4. Nasal Spreading 3.3.7.2. Initial /g/ 3.3.7.3. Vowel and Glide Quality 3.3.7.3.1. Labialization and Rounding 3.3.7.3.2. Vowel Height /i/ versus /a/ 3.3.7.3.3. Articulation of Glides /y/ and /w/ 3.3.7.4. Other Points of Variation 3.3.7.4.1. Women’s Names -k(we) 3.3.7.4.2. /t/ Epenthesis 3.3.7.4.3. Syncope 3.3.8. Lexical Variation 3.3.8.1. Body-Part-Incorporating Suffix -e 3.3.8.2. -ngwaam(i) Verbs 3.3.8.3. -aadage/-aadagaa Verbs 3.3.9. Animacy Status 3.3.10. TA -aw Stem Contraction 3.3.11. Initial Vowel Change 3.3.12. Iterative Suffix 3.3.13. Participles 3.3.13.1. Southern Strategies 3.3.13.2. Innovations 3.3.13.3. gaa- Participles 3.4. Discussion 3.4.1. Geographic Variation 3.4.1.1. Leech Lake as a Transitional Area 3.4.1.2. Intelligibility 3.4.2. Age-Graded Variation 3.4.3. Free Variation 4. Relativization in Ojibwe 4.1. Ojibwe Relative Clauses 4.1.1. Findings: Core Argument versus Relative Root Arguments 4.1.2. Variation in Relativization Strategies 4.2. Theoretical Framework 4.2.1. Plain Conjunct Morphosyntax 4.2.1.1. Brittain (2001) 4.2.2. Split-CP Hypothesis (Rizzi 1997) 4.2.2.1. FinP as Host to Conjunct 4.2.2.2. FocP Host to IC 4.2.2.3. ForceP and RCs 4.2.3. Cyclicity and Phases (Bruening 2001) 4.3. Refining the Analysis 4.3.1. Feature Bundles 4.3.2. The Structure of the Ojibwe CP 4.3.3. Internally versus Externally Headed RCs 4.3.4. Concluding Remarks 5. Conclusions 5.1. Review 5.1.1. Implications of the Findings 5.2. Limitations 5.2.1. Obsolescence 5.2.2. Access 5.2.3. L2 Interference 5.3. Comparisons within the Algonquian Family 5.3.1. IC 5.3.2. Algonquian Participles 5.3.2.1. PA Participles 5.4. Directions for Future Research Appendix: VTA Paradigms Notes References Index
£58.90
University of South Carolina Press Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect
Book SynopsisA unique creole language spoken on the coastal islands and adjacent mainland of South Carolina and Georgia, Gullah existed as an isolated and largely ignored linguistic phenomenon until the publication of Lorenzo Dow Turner's landmark volume Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect. In his classic treatise, Turner, the first professionally trained African American linguist, focused on a people whose language had long been misunderstood, lifted a shroud that had obscured the true history of Gullah, and demonstrated that it drew important linguistic features directly from the languages of West Africa. Initially published in 1949, this groundbreaking work of Afrocentric scholarship opened American minds to a little-known culture while initiating a means for the Gullah people to reclaim and value their past. The book presents a reference point for today's discussions about ever-present language varieties, Ebonics, and education, offering important reminders about the subtleties and power of racial and cultural prejudice. In their introduction to the volume, Katherine Wyly Mille and Michael B. Montgomery set the text in its sociolinguistic context, explore recent developments in the celebration of Gullah culture, and honor Turner with a recounting of his life and scholarly accomplishments.
£19.76
De Gruyter Jugendsprachen/Youth Languages: Aktuelle
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£280.50
The Chinese University Press Chinese Dialectology: A Selected and Classified
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University of the West Indies Press Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1961, Jamaica Talk is a thorough study of the English spoken in Jamaica and, although intended for the general educated reader rather than the linguistic specialist, has a foundation of sound scholarship, which makes it an authoritative classic. The late Professor Cassidy was born and reared in Jamaica and collected most of the material for his book when he was attached to the University College of the West Indies as Fulbright research fellow. There are chapters on the composition of "Jamaica talk", on pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary. The book is an invaluable reference in all institutions that have language departments, and as a handbook for Jamaicans and for interested visitors to the island.Trade Review"How did Jamaicans come to talk as they do? The musical lilt and staccato rhythms, the mingling of strange words, the vowel sounds that go sliding off into diphthongs, the cheerful defiance of many niceties of traditional English grammar, the salty idioms, the wonderfully compressed proverbs, the pungent imagery of nicknames and epithets in the bestowal of which these islanders appear to be peculiarly adept - where do all these hail from and how did they come to be?" - Frederic G. Cassidy, Jamaica Talk
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Oxford University Press Slayer Slang
Book SynopsisMichael Adams begins his book with a synopsis of the programme''s history and a defence of ephemeral language. He then moves to the main body of the work: a detailed glossary of slayer slang, annotated with actual dialogue and recorded in the style accepted by the American Dialect Society. The book concludes with a bibliography and a lengthy index, a guide to sources (novels based on the show, magazine articles about the show, and language culled from the official posting board) and an appendix of slang-making suffixes. Introduced by Jane Espenson, one of the show''s most inventive writers (and herself a linguist), Slayer Slang offers a quintessential example of contemporary youth culture serving as a vehicle for slang. bitca n [AHD4 bitch n in sense 2.a + a] Bitch 1997 Sep 15 Whedon When She Was Bad [Willow:] ''I mean, why else would she be acting like such a b-i-t-c-h?'' [Giles:] ''Willow, I think we''re all a little old to be spelling things out.'' [Xander:] ''A bitca?'' break and enterish adj [AHD4 sv breaking and entering n + -ish suff in sense 2.a] Suitable for crime 1999 Mar 16 Petrie Enemies I''ll go home and stock up on weapons, slip into something a little more break and enterish. [B] carbon-dated adj [fr. AHD4 carbondating + -ed] Very out of date 1997 Mar 10 Whedon Welcome to the Hellmouth [Buffy:] ''Deal with that outfit for a moment.'' [Giles:] ''It''s dated?'' [Buffy:] ''It''s carbon-dated.'' cuddle-monkey n [AHD4 cuddle v + monkey n in sense 2, by analogy fr. RHHDAS (also DAS3 and NTC) sv cuddle bunny ''an affectionate, passionate, or sexually attractive young woman''] Male lover 1998 Feb 10 Noxon Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered Every woman in Sunnydale wants to make me her cuddle-monkey. [X]Trade Review"If you're curious about the word 'ubersuck,' or just want to remember which episode you first heard it in, this is the place to look. As Buffy would say, it is not uncool."--Kansas City Star "While we were caught up in the drama of the battles against the undead...linguist Michael Adams was concentrating on the words. Slayer Slang is a combination dictionary of slayer slang/guide to the Buffyverse/textbook. Just consider it another sign Buffy will live forever."--Sacramento Bee "Even if you never watched the show, Slayer Slang provides major clueage about the formation of slang terms in general. Slang, after all, is where language vrooms and vibes--or, in the case of Buffy, where it vamps."--Hartford Courant "In applying linguistic analysis to the show, Adams not only shows how brilliant and innovative the writing was but also its toggling relationship to and influences upon popular culture."--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "Will satisfy the inner geek of a Buffy fan."--Kansas City Star "If you're curious about the word 'ubersuck,' or just want to remember which episode you first heard it in, this is the place to look. As Buffy would say, it is not uncool."--Kansas City Star "With the meticulous precision of a Talmudic scholar, Michael Adams...records, classifies and analyzes the innovative slang and clever wordplay of the popular UPN series."--The Hartford Courant "Will satisfy the inner geek of a Buffy fan."--Kansas City Star "While we were caught up in the drama of the battles against the undead...linguist Michael Adams was concentrating on the words. Slayer Slang is a combination dictionary of slayer slang/guide to the Buffyverse/textbook. Just consider it another sign Buffy will live forever."--Sacramento Bee "Even if you never watched the show, Slayer Slang provides major clueage about the formation of slang terms in general. Slang, after all, is where language vrooms and vibes--or, in the case of Buffy, where it vamps."--Hartford Courant "In applying linguistic analysis to the show, Adams not only shows how brilliant and innovative the writing was but also its toggling relationship to and influences upon popular culture."--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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