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How We Talk: American Regional English Today
de Allan Metcalf
- Usado
- Estado
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0618043624
- ISBN 13
- 9780618043620
- Librería
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Houghton Mifflin. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Sinopsis
Where are you when people • go to the coast instead of the beach • tote things as well as carry them • wait on line instead of in line • get groceries in a paper sack instead of a paper bag • say things like “The baby needs picked up” and “The car needs washed” • eat solid rectangular doughnuts that are also called beignets • complain when something is spendy (“costly”) • are chilled by a blue norther • ask for tonic instead of soda • go “dahntahn” to shop. Allan Metcalf answers these and many other fascinating questions in his new book, How We Talk: American Regional English Today. In short, delightful essays, Metcalf explains the key features that make American speech so expressive and distinct. He begins in the South, home of the most easily recognized of American dialects, and travels north to New England, then on to the Midwest and the far West, even to Alaska and Hawaii. It’s all here: the northern Midwest “Fargo” accent, Louisiana Cajun and New Orleans Yat, dropped r’s as in Boston’s “Hahvahd Yahd,” and intrusive r’s as in “Warshington,” especially common in America’s midlands. With additional chapters on ethnic dialects and dialects in the movies, Metcalf reveals the resplendence of one our nation’s greatest natural resources — its endless and varied talk.
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- Librería
- Wonder Book
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- M14P-01139
- Título
- How We Talk: American Regional English Today
- Autor
- Allan Metcalf
- Estado del libro
- Used - Very Good
- Encuadernación
- Trade Paper
- ISBN 10
- 0618043624
- ISBN 13
- 9780618043620
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 2000-10-16
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