Print version: Wolfram, Walt, 1941- American English. Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, c2016 Third edition. approximately 533 pages Language in society (Oxford, England) ; 25. ISBN 9781118390221
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
Dialects, standards, and vernaculars -- Why dialects? -- Levels of dialect -- Dialects in the United States : past, present, and future -- Regional varieties of English -- Social varieties of American English -- Ethnicity and American English -- African American English -- Gender and language variation -- Dialects and style -- The application of dialect study -- Dialect awareness : extending application.