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American Regional Dialects : A Word Geography
by Carver, Craig M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/VG- clean and tight but art school ex-lib. with usual marks.
- ISBN 10
- 0472100769
- ISBN 13
- 9780472100767
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1987. Hardcover. VG-/VG- clean and tight but art school ex-lib. with usual marks.. Maroon cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Ivory dj with bw map; black lettering. Mylar cover. xiii, 317 pp. with several bw maps illustrations. The first comprehensive description of the dialects of the US, focusing on some 2,000 dialect expressions. The book traces cultural and historical forces that have shaped these speech regions and given them their characteristic vocabularies. With nearly 100 maps.
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- Seller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 159418
- Title
- American Regional Dialects : A Word Geography
- Author
- Carver, Craig M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/VG- clean and tight but art school ex-lib. with usual marks.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0472100769
- ISBN 13
- 9780472100767
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press
- Place of Publication
- Ann Arbor
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- History; US History; Language and Dialects ; Language; Dialects ; ;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - American; History;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- VG-/VG-
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.