How dialect differ from coast to coast

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“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



Product Description
Have you ever wanted to yak with the Yankees? Speak the Big Easy? Travel with American Voices across the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean to experience both familiar and little-known dialects that are thriving despite our mass-communication culture. Edited by acclaimed linguist Walt Wolfram and Ben Ward, consultant editor of Language Magazine, this collection gives readers a new understanding of language diversity through an engaging look at regional, ethnic, and socio-cultural dialects such as African American, Chicano, Cajun, and Jewish English.