Readings and texts for teaching American Dialects

[Michael Newman]

Easy:   Wolfram and Schilling-Estes American English.




Michael Newman
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Queens College/CUNY
michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu



On Sep 7, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Martinez-Gibson, Elizabeth A wrote:

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> Poster:       "Martinez-Gibson, Elizabeth A" <MartinezE at COFC.EDU>
> Subject:      Readings and texts for teaching American Dialects
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> Dear colleagues,
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> In the spring, I will be teaching a course in American English Dialects for our Masters in Education Program. I taught this course at the undergraduate level a number of years ago and I used Allan Metcalf's book How We Talk. Since this is a graduate program, I need more readings and materials and since it has been some time since I've worked with English dialects, I was hoping some of you might be able to give me some suggestions.
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> Thanks,
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> Liz
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> Elizabeth A. Martínez-Gibson, Professor of Spanish &
> Director of the Interdisciplinary Linguistics Minor
> College of Charleston
> Dept. of Hispanic Studies-JC Long 141
> 66 George St.
> Charleston, SC 29401
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> 843-953-8066
> martineze at cofc.edu
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