Perspectives on American English

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Perspectives on American English

Edited by: Joey L. Dillard

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1980

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Volume 29 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Contents
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General Introduction
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PART ONE. Native English-Speaking Immigrants
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Introduction
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British Recognition of American Speech in the Eighteenth Century
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Allen Walker Read

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The Rise of the American English Vowel Pattern
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Herbert Pilch

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American English Dialectology: Alternatives for the Southwest
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Gary Ν. Underwood

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PART TWO. The Sea and the American Frontier
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Introduction
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Sea Terms Come Ashore
101
George Davis Chase

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Larrupin': From Nautical Word to Multiregionalism
131
Margie Ivey-Dillard

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New York City and the Antebellum South: The Maritime Connection
135
Marshall D. Berger

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Slang and Words with their Origin on the River
143
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Sailors' and Cowboys' Folklore in Two Popular Classics
147
Jan Harold Brunvand

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The Origin of Mott in Anglo-Texan Vegetational Terminology
163
Terry G. Jordan

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Communication in a Frontier Society
175
Donald Hatley and Kathleen Thomas Severance

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PART THREE. Immigration and Migration
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Introduction
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The American Language
191
Stephen Graham

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The Study of the English of the Pennsylvania Germans
195
Otto Springer

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The Yiddish is Showing
205
Lilian Mermin Feinsilver

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The Ethnolectal English of American Gypsies
257
Ian F. Hancock

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Spanglish: Language Contact in Puerto Rico
265
Rose Nash

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The Melting Pot and Language Maintenance in South Slavic Immigrant Groups
277
Thomas F. Magner

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PART FOUR. Black English
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Introduction
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The Language Behavior of Negroes and Whites
297
Ernest A. T. Barth

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Texan Gullah: The Creole English of the Brackettville Afro-Seminoles
305
Ian F. Hancock

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Black English near its Roots: The Transplanted West African Creoles
335
John C. Birmingham

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Cut-Eye and Suck-Teeth: African Words and Gestures in New World Guise
347
John R. Rickford and Angela E. Rickford

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The Creole 'Copula' that Highlighted the World
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John Holm

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Have/Got in the Speech of Anglo and Black Children
377
Robert Berdan

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Interrelatedness of Certain Deviant Grammatical Structures in Negro Nonstandard Dialects
393
Riley Β. Smith

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PART FIVE. Pidgin English
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Introduction
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American Indian Pidgin English: Attestations and Grammatical Peculiarities
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Douglas Leechman and Robert A. Hall

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Attestations of American Indian Pidgin English in Fiction and Nonfiction
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Mary Rita Miller

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Categories of Transformations in Second Language Acquisition
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Richard R. Day and Charlene Sato

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Chinese Telegrams
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References to Introductions
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Amerikanisches Englisch; Dialektologie; Soziolinguistik

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Perspectives on American English

Overview

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

General Introduction

Introduction

British Recognition of American Speech in the Eighteenth Century

The Rise of the American English Vowel Pattern

American English Dialectology: Alternatives for the Southwest

Introduction

Sea Terms Come Ashore

Larrupin': From Nautical Word to Multiregionalism

New York City and the Antebellum South: The Maritime Connection

Slang and Words with their Origin on the River

Sailors' and Cowboys' Folklore in Two Popular Classics

The Origin of Mott in Anglo-Texan Vegetational Terminology

Communication in a Frontier Society

Introduction

The American Language

The Study of the English of the Pennsylvania Germans

The Yiddish is Showing

The Ethnolectal English of American Gypsies

Spanglish: Language Contact in Puerto Rico

The Melting Pot and Language Maintenance in South Slavic Immigrant Groups

Introduction

The Language Behavior of Negroes and Whites

Texan Gullah: The Creole English of the Brackettville Afro-Seminoles

Black English near its Roots: The Transplanted West African Creoles

Cut-Eye and Suck-Teeth: African Words and Gestures in New World Guise

The Creole 'Copula' that Highlighted the World

Have/Got in the Speech of Anglo and Black Children

Interrelatedness of Certain Deviant Grammatical Structures in Negro Nonstandard Dialects

Introduction

American Indian Pidgin English: Attestations and Grammatical Peculiarities

Attestations of American Indian Pidgin English in Fiction and Nonfiction

Categories of Transformations in Second Language Acquisition

Chinese Telegrams

References to Introductions

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