16.3513, Books: Socioling/Phonetics, English: Labov et al (Eds)

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Date: 09-Dec-2005
From: Julia Ulrich < julia.ulrich at degruyter.com >
Subject: The Atlas of North American English: Labov, Ash, Boberg (Eds) 

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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:29:50
From: Julia Ulrich < julia.ulrich at degruyter.com >
Subject: The Atlas of North American English: Labov, Ash, Boberg (Eds) 

Title: The Atlas of North American English 
Subtitle: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change. A Multimedia Reference Tool 
Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
	   http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Book URL: http://www.mouton-online.com/anae.php 

Author: William Labov
Author: Sharon Ash
Author: Charles Boberg

Hardback: ISBN: 3110167468 Pages: xvii, 320 Price: U.S. $ 620.00 <br>Comment: Introductory Price, Valid until March 31, 2006 with CD
Hardback: ISBN: 3110167468 Pages: xvii, 320 Price: Europe EURO 598.00<br>Comment: List Price, with CD-ROM
Hardback: ISBN: 3110167468 Pages: xvii, 320 Price: Europe EURO 498.00 <br>Comment: Introductory Price, Valid until March 31, 2006 with CD
Hardback: ISBN: 3110167468 Pages: xvii, 320 Price: U.S. $ 749.00 <br>Comment: List Price, with CD-ROM

Abstract:

The Atlas of North American English provides the first overall view of the
pronunciation and vowel systems of the dialects of the U.S. and Canada. The
Atlas redefines the regional dialects of American English on the basis of
sound changes active in the 1990s and draws new boundaries reflecting those
changes. It is based on a telephone survey of 762 local speakers,
representing all the urbanized areas of North America. It has been
developed by Bill Labov, one of the world's leading sociolinguists,
together with his colleagues Sharon Ash and Charles Boberg.

The Atlas consists of a book accompanied by a multimedia CD-ROM. Starting
in January 2006, the content of the book and the multimedia CD-ROM along
with additional data will also be available online. 

The book contains
* 23 chapters that re-define the geographic boundaries of North American
dialects and trace the influence of gender, age, education, and city size
on the progress of sound change. 
* findings that show a dramatic and increasing divergence of English
dialects as vowels in different regions are rotated in opposite directions
by the Northern Cities Shift, the Southern Shift, the Canadian Shift, and
other sweeping changes that are affecting the North American continent as a
whole;
* 139 four color maps that illustrate the regional distribution of
phonological and phonetic variables across North America;
* 120 four color vowel charts of individual speakers.

The multimedia CD-ROM supplements the articles and maps by providing 
* a data base with measurements of more than 100,000 vowels and mean values
for 439 speakers;
* extended sound samples of all North American dialects;
* multimedia material for further study;
* interactive applications to enhance classroom presentations.

A free demo version is available at www.mouton-online.com

SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE UNTIL March 31, 2006

Introductory Price: Euro 498.00 / sFr 797.00 / *US$ 620.00 (for orders
received by March 31, 2006)

List Price: Euro 598.00 / sFr 957.00 / *US$ 749.00

Purchase the combined edition now and receive free access to the online
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Thereafter, a service fee of Euro 100.00 / *US$ 125.00 per calendar year is
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Starting January 2007, online access is available for a service fee of Euro
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edition. To register for online access, please contact your supplier or
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(ISSN 1861-0943)

*for orders placed in North America.
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Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Language Description
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Written In: English  (eng)

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