American talk
Subtitle: the words and ways of American dialects
By: Robert Hendrickson.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: English language -- Dialects -- United States; Americanisms; English language -- Spoken English -- United States
Description: "This immensely entertaining and colorful presentation of American dialects as they are spoken today celebrates the great cultural diversity of the nation. Drawing upon an impressive array of scholarly research, and relying, too, on what his own remarkably receptive ears have heard, wordsmith Robert Hendrickson reminds us that there is no such thing as a "standard" American speech that must be aspired to by all citizens."--Book jacket.