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- catalog abstract ""Not everyone knows it, but everyone speaks some form of regional dialect, and everyone has some kind of accent. But what are the accents of American English? Where do its regional dialects begin and end? What sorts of quirks and variations can be expected in particular localities? Language researcher Allan Metcalf answers these and many other questions in this entertaining and informative look at our language today. Moving region by region, and state by state, Metcalf identifies key features that give American regional speech its distinctive character and expressiveness. Join Metcalf on his tour of America's linguistic landscape, and be ready to be surprised at how much you didn't know about your native tongue."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12303085.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Not everyone knows it, but everyone speaks some form of regional dialect, and everyone has some kind of accent. But what are the accents of American English? Where do its regional dialects begin and end? What sorts of quirks and variations can be expected in particular localities? Language researcher Allan Metcalf answers these and many other questions in this entertaining and informative look at our language today. Moving region by region, and state by state, Metcalf identifies key features that give American regional speech its distinctive character and expressiveness. Join Metcalf on his tour of America's linguistic landscape, and be ready to be surprised at how much you didn't know about your native tongue."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "The South -- The Upper South or South Midlands -- The North -- New England -- New York City and the Mid-Atlantic -- The Inland North -- The West -- The Mountain West -- The Far West and Beyond -- American Ethnic -- In the Movies -- Dialects 2100.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 206 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "How we talk.".
- catalog identifier "0618043624 (paper)".
- catalog identifier "0618043632 (cloth)".
- catalog isFormatOf "How we talk.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Houghton Mifflin,".
- catalog relation "How we talk.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "427/.0973 21".
- catalog subject "Americanisms.".
- catalog subject "English language Dialects United States.".
- catalog subject "English language Spoken English United States.".
- catalog subject "English language United States Pronunciation.".
- catalog subject "English language Variation United States.".
- catalog subject "PE2808.8 .M48 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "The South -- The Upper South or South Midlands -- The North -- New England -- New York City and the Mid-Atlantic -- The Inland North -- The West -- The Mountain West -- The Far West and Beyond -- American Ethnic -- In the Movies -- Dialects 2100.".
- catalog title "How we talk : American regional English today / Allan Metcalf.".
- catalog type "text".