This book is about responses to language variety — their variability, shape, and content, as well as the variable cognitive and neural pathways underlying the

For review see: Daniel J. Crowley, in New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 70, no. 1 & 2 (1996); p. 188-190.

Originally published in 1978. This book provides and explains a framework for understanding and describing variations of style of language in relation to the so

Students’ Right to Their Own Language collects perspectives from some of the field’s most influential scholars to provide a foundation for understanding the

Is American English in decline? Are regional dialects dying out? Is there a difference between men and women in how they adapt to linguistic variations? These q