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You Talkin’ To Me?: The Unruly History of New York English (The Dialects of North America)
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Author:
E.J. White
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Date:
July 21, 2020
E.J. White explores the hidden history of English in New York City -- a history that encompasses social class, immigration, culture, economics, and, of course, real estate.
What The Reviewers Say
... an important book that reaches across the fields of sociolinguistics and cultural and ethnic history.
... offers a delightful eavesdrop of conversations over the centuries, paying particular attention to the city’s unmistakable dialect and why it has proceeded to earn such derision. It’s complicated.
... lively and wide-ranging.
... diverting.
