new book dialects variation american english dialects variation walt wolfram natalie schilling estes north carolina state university stanford university 1998 6 x 9 464 pages 30 figures 13 maps 6 tables 0631 20487 3 paperback 29 95 0631 20486 5 hardcover 59 95 book provides readable upto date description language variation american english ranging regional ethnic genderbased variation authors describe dialect situations range historically isolated rural dialects developing urban ethnic varieties consider descriptive theoretical applied ramifications dialects american society appendix major dialect structures american english glossary terms nonspecialists included order please call blackwell publishers 1800 2162522