Product Description: This volume lists all aspects of northeastern English, designed specifically with undergraduates and general readers in mind. It accounts for the phonetic, phonological, and morphosyntactic features of the variety, including an analysis of lexical items and generational changes, and identifies historical, linguistic, and local cultural influences...read more

Product Description: Have you ever noticed an accent or puzzled over a dialect phrase? Language can be a powerful tool with which one can create a persona; it can be a common ground between people or can be used as a divide between social groups. This Companion is for anyone who is interested in how and why people speak and write with such diversity...read more