Sách giáo khoa này cung cấp một cuộc khảo sát toàn diện các vấn đề ngôn ngữ hiện tại ở Mỹ. Thông qua một loạt các chương đặc biệt của các học giả hàng đầu, nó khám phá bản chất của sự thay đổi ngôn ngữ tại Hoa Kỳ và xã hội, lịch sử, chính trị và ý nghĩa của nó. | Language in the USA Themes for the Twenty-first century 5ted by Edward Finegan and John R. Rickford Cambridge g 9780521771757 This page intentionally left blank Language in the USA This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of current language issues in the USA. Through a series of specially commissioned chapters by leading scholars it explores the nature of language variation in the United States and its social historical and political significance. Part 1 American English explores the history and distinctiveness of American English as well as looking at regional and social varieties African American Vernacular English and the Dictionary of American Regional English. Part 2 Other language varieties looks at Creole and Native American languages Spanish American Sign Language Asian American varieties multilingualism linguistic diversity and English acquisition. Part 3 The sociolinguistic situation includes chapters on attitudes to language ideology and prejudice language and education adolescent language slang Hip Hop Nation Language the language of cyberspace doctor-patient communication language and identity in literature and how language relates to gender and sexuality. It also explores recent issues such as the Ebonics controversy the Bilingual Education debate and the English-Only movement. Clear accessible and broad in its coverage Language in the USA will be welcomed by students across the disciplines of English Linguistics Communication Studies American Studies and Popular Culture as well as anyone interested more generally in language and related issues. EDWARD finegan is Professor of Linguistics and Law at the University of Southern California. He has published articles in a variety of journals and his previous books include Attitudes toward English Usage 1980 Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Register co-edited with Douglas Biber 1994 and Language Its Structure and Use 4th edn. 2004 . He has contributed two chapters on English grammar .
