Speaking American: How Y'all, Youse, and You Guys Talk: a Visual Guide
- ISBN-10
- 0358359937
- ISBN-13
- 9780358359937
- Series
- Speaking American
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-09
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Author
- Josh Katz
Description
Did you know that your answers to just a handful of questions can predict the zip code of where you grew up? Speaking American offers a visual atlas of the American vernacular--who says what, and where they say it--revealing the history of our nation, our regions, and the language that divides and unites us.
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Other editions
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- 2019-03-07
- 308 pages
- Ebook
- University of Oklahoma Press
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- 2019-03-07
- 309 pages
- Paperback
- University of Oklahoma Press
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- 2016-10-25
- 224 pages
- Paperback
- Houghton Mifflin
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