Writing in nonstandard English - Taavitsainen, Irma.; Melchers, Gunnel; Pahta, Päivi. (Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999)
Machine generated contents note: Writing in Nonstandard English: Introduction / Irma Taavitsainen / Gunnel Melchers -- Dickens as Sociolinguist: Dialect in David Copperfield / Patricia Poussa -- Contemporary Irish Writing and a Model of Speech Realism / John M. Kirk -- Dialect and Accent in Jim Cartwright's Play Road as Seen through Erving Goffman's Theory on Footing / Marion Fields -- Representation of Nonstandard Syntax in John Dos Passos' USA Trilogy / Thomas Lavelle -- Doing the Unexpected: Syntax and Style in Raymond Chandler's Fiction / Laura Wright -- Who Is "Sivilizing" Who(m)? The Function of Naivety and the Criticism of Huckleberry Finn -- A Multidimensional Approach / Bo Pettersson -- Nonstandard Language in Early Varieties of English / Norman F. Blake -- "Pills to Purge Melancholy" -- Nonstandard Elements in A Dialogue Against the Feuer Pestilence / Saara Nevanlinna / Irma Taavitsainen -- ^
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Keywords: Dialect literature, English -- History and criticism; Dialect literature, American -- History and criticism; Language and culture -- English-speaking countries; English language -- Variation; English language -- Dialects; Littérature dialectale anglaise -- Histoire et critique; Littérature dialectale américaine -- Histoire et critique; Langage et culture -- Anglophonie; Anglais (Langue) -- Variation; Anglais (Langue) -- Dialectes; Dialect literature, American; Dialect literature, English; English language -- Dialects; English language -- Variation; Language and culture; English-speaking countries; Engels; Amerikaans; Dialecten; Dialectliteratuur; Engelstalige landen; Criticism, interpretation, etc