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Language in the USA / edited by Charles A. Ferguson [and] Shirley Brice Heath ; with the assistance of David Hwang ; foreword by Dell H. Hymes.

Ferguson, Charles Albert, 1921- (Added Author). Heath, Shirley Brice. (Added Author). Hwang, David. (Added Author).
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  • ISBN: 052123140X
  • ISBN: 0521298342 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: xxxviii, 592 p. : ill., charts, maps ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, c1981.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Bibliography: p. 534-575.
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: American English. English in our language heritage / Shirley Brice Heath -- American English and other Englishes / Braj B. Kachru -- Varieties of American English / Walt Wolfram -- Creoles of the USA / Patricia C. Nichols -- Language among Black Americans / Elizabeth Whatley -- Languages before English. American Indian languages / William L. Leap -- Native American writing systems / Willard Walker -- Indian lingua francas / Allan R. Taylor -- New World Spanish / Jerry R. Craddock -- Languages after English. Language variety among Puerto Ricans / Ana Celia Zentella -- The language of Italian Americans / Yole Corea-Zoli -- French and German : a comparative study / Glenn G. Gilbert -- The speech and writing of Jews / David L. Gold -- Slavic languages in the new environment / Vĕra M. Henzl -- The Filipinos : a special case / James and Maria Beebe -- Profile of a state : Montana / Anthony F. Beltramo --
Language in use. The language of the law / William M. O'Barr -- Language and medicine / Aaron V. Cicourel -- Ethnic differences in communicative style / John J. Gumperz and Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- Language in education : standardization versus cultural pluralism / Courtney B. Cazden and David K. Dickinson -- Bilingualism and education / Christina Bratt Paulston -- Statistics on language use / Dorothy Waggoner -- Language policy : past, present, and future / Joshua A. Fishman.

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