The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.

Speaking American shows what the English language looked like from various points on the American continent at crucial points in its linguistic history.

A discourse on the languages of Native Americans encountered by the early settlers. This early linguistic treatise gives rare insight into the early contact bet

This impressive volume provides a chronological, narrative account of the development of American English from its earliest origins to the present day.