Dialect, slang & jargon books

1280 books were found.

Sociolinguistic Variation and Change

Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
Author: Peter Trudgill (Professor and Chair of English Linguistics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland) ISBN: 9780748615148 Format: Hardback	$144.00
A selection of Peter Trudgill's major works since 1990 in the field of sociolinguistics. The book deals with a number... Read More >>

An Introduction To American English

An Introduction To American English
Author: Gunnel Tottie (University of California, Berkeley) ISBN: 9780631197928 Format: Paperback	$76.95
This work explains American English in the context of American life, history, and institutions, while also making... Read More >>

Junk English

Junk English
Author: Ken Smith ISBN: 9780922233236 Format: Paperback	$34.19
Reaching as high as no.3 on the Washington Post best-seller list, this book pulls hundreds of examples from everyday... Read More >>

Sociolinguistic Variation and Change

Sociolinguistic Variation and Change
Author: Peter Trudgill (Honorary Professor of Sociolinguistics, University of East Anglia) ISBN: 9780748615155 Format: Paperback	$79.99
This book is a selection of Peter Trudgill's major works since 1990, appearing here in updated and revised form.... Read More >>

A History of Language

A History of Language
Author: Steven Roger Fischer ISBN: 9781861890801 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Charts the history of communication from the time before human language was conceived through to the media explosion... Read More >>

Virtual Missiles: Metaphors and Allusions In Taiwanese Political Campaigns

Virtual Missiles: Metaphors and Allusions In Taiwanese...
Author: Jennifer M. Wei ISBN: 9780739102718 Format: Hardback	$182.16
This text explores the use and abuse of figurative speech during Taiwanese political electioneering. The book demonstrates... Read More >>

African American English in the Diaspora

African American English in the Diaspora
Author: Shana Poplack (University of Ottawa) , Sali A. Tagliamonte ISBN: 9780631212669 Format: Paperback	$117.95
This provocative volume investigates the origins of contemporary African American Vernacular English (AAVE), one... Read More >>

Historical Linguistics 1999: Selected papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, 9–13 August 1999

Historical Linguistics 1999: Selected papers from the...
Author: Laurel J. Brinton (University of British Columbia) ISBN: 9789027237224 Format: Hardback	$282.04
This work contains selected papers from the 14th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, held in Vancouver,... Read More >>

The Luath Scots Language Learner: How to Understand and Speak Scots

The Luath Scots Language Learner: How to Understand...
Author: L.Colin Wilson ISBN: 9780946487912 Format: Paperback	$52.67
Read More >>

Due Respect: Papers on English and English-Related Creole in the Caribbean in Honour of Professor Robert Le Page

Due Respect: Papers on English and English-Related Creole...
Author: Pauline Christie ISBN: 9789766401054 Format: Paperback	$55.00
This collection of papers in honour of Professor Robert Le Page addresses various topics in the field of English... Read More >>

Word Atlas of Pennsylvania German

Word Atlas of Pennsylvania German
Author: University of Wisconsin Press , Mark L. Louden ISBN: 9780924119026 Format: Hardback	$92.27
This reference documents linguistic variations in Pennsylvania German (also known as Pennsylvania Dutch), the dialect... Read More >>

Argot and Slang

Argot and Slang
Author: A Barrere ISBN: 9781931641210 Format: Paperback	$92.27
Read More >>

Creolization of Language and Culture

Creolization of Language and Culture
Author: Robert Chaudenson , Salikoko S. Mufwene ISBN: 9780415145930 Format: Paperback	$105.00
Read More >>

Creolization of Language and Culture

Creolization of Language and Culture
Author: Robert Chaudenson , Salikoko S. Mufwene ISBN: 9780415145923 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Read More >>

Language Contact: An Introduction

Language Contact: An Introduction
Author: Sarah G. Thomason (Professor of Linguistics, University of Michigan) ISBN: 9780748607198 Format: Paperback	$79.99
Language contact is everywhere: many nations have more than one official language, and quite possibly most people... Read More >>

Englishes in Contact: Anglophone Caribbean Students in an Urban College

Englishes in Contact: Anglophone Caribbean Students...
Author: Shondel Nero ISBN: 9781572733268 Format: Paperback	$38.50
Read More >>

Englishes in Contact: Anglophone Caribbean Students in an Urban College

Englishes in Contact: Anglophone Caribbean Students...
Author: Shondel Nero ISBN: 9781572733251 Format: Hardback	$85.80
Read More >>

East Anglian English

East Anglian English
Author: Jacek Fisiak , Peter Trudgill ISBN: 9780859915717 Format: Hardback	$261.36
Studies of the earliest form of language which can be called English, and its later influence. Read More >>

Studs, Tools and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live by

Studs, Tools and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live...
Author: Peter F. Murphy ISBN: 9780299171346 Format: Paperback	$45.10
Read More >>

Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live by

Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live...
Author: Peter F. Murphy ISBN: 9780299171308 Format: Hardback	$40.70
Read More >>

Language Creation and Language Change: Creolization, Diachrony, and Development

Language Creation and Language Change: Creolization,...
Author: Michel DeGraff (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) , Jeffrey S. Rosenschein ISBN: 9780262541268 Format: Paperback	$132.00
The originality of this volume is in its comparison of various sorts of language growth from a number of linguistic-theoretic... Read More >>

Word On The Street: Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard English

Word On The Street: Debunking The Myth Of A Pure Standard...
Author: John McWhorter ISBN: 9780738204468 Format: Paperback	$31.99
A barbed rebuttal to the conservative view that popular culture is destroying the English language. Read More >>

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors...
Author: William Labov (University of Pennsylvania, USA) ISBN: 9780631179160 Format: Paperback	$80.95
* written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics * presents the results of several decades of inquiry... Read More >>

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors

Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 2: Social Factors...
Author: William Labov (University of Pennsylvania, USA) ISBN: 9780631179153 Format: Hardback	$267.95
* written by one of the founders of modern sociolinguistics * presents the results of several decades of inquiry... Read More >>

An Acoustic Analysis of Vowel Variation in New World English

An Acoustic Analysis of Vowel Variation in New World...
Author: Erik R. Thomas ISBN: 9780822364948 Format: Hardback	$52.80
An examination of acoustical variations in vowel configurations in a wide variety of dialects of English in the... Read More >>

Page 35 of 52 ... 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 ...

Latest Reading Guide

Shopping Cart

Your cart is empty

Mailing List

Sign up now