Folk speech
By: by Shirley Brinkerhoff.
Series: North American folklore
Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Broomall, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Oral communication -- Juvenile literature.; Oral communication.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Examines culturally and geographically derived speech patterns, dialects, vocabulary, syntax, and grammar found throughout the regions of North America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [3]) and index.
Table of contents: title: A vocabulary all our own: identity and speech; title: Names: a story in a word; title: The power of persuasion: politics, boasts, and "speechifying"; title: Buying and selling: the roots of advertising; title: Jokes: coping with the world with laughter; title: Preaching and praying: spiritual speech; title: Utterance and meaning: shaping the world with speech.