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American talk

Robert Hendrickson

1986230 pagesabout 4–5 hours
1986
first published
  • 1986Viking · 230 pages · ENGISBN 9780670813308
  • 1987Penguin Books · 230 pages · ENGISBN 9780140094213

"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.

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