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I hear America talking : an illustrated treasury of American words and phrases. Central Library

1976

Speaking freely : a guided tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley / Stuart Ber Central Library

1997

Tense marking in Black English : a linguistic and social analysis / Ralph W. Fasold ; with a chapter Central Library

1972

The African heritage of American English / Joseph E. Holloway and Winifred K. Vass. Central Library

1993

American dialects ; a manual for actors, directors, and writers / by Lewis Herman and Marguerite Shal Central Library

1959

American talk : the words and ways of American dialects / Robert Hendrickson. Central Library

1986

God bless America : the origins of over 1,500 patriotic words and phrases / Robert Hendrickson. Central Library, Pacific, Saratoga

2013

3 additional entries

Juba to jive : the dictionary of African-American slang / edited and with an introduction by Clarence Central Library, Rugby

1994

Aspects of American English / [by] Elizabeth M. Kerr [and] Ralph M. Aderman. Central Library

1963

Informal English : puncture ladies, egg harbors, Mississippi marbles, and other curious words and phr Central Library

2005

Some linguistic and stylistic features of child Black English / [by] Mary Ritchie Key, Laila Fiege-Ko Central Library

1971

Speaking American : how y'all, youse, and you guys talk : a visual guide / Josh Katz. Bay Ridge, Central Library, Macon, New Utrecht, Park Slope

2016

Studies in area linguistics. Central Library

1972

Colonial American English, a glossary : words and phrases found in colonial writing, now archaic, obs Central Library

1985

Linguistic perspectives on black English / editerd by Philip A. Luelsdorff. Central Library

1975

Longman study dictionary of American English. Central Library

2006

The new doublespeak : why no one knows what anyone's saying anymore / William Lutz. Central Library

1996

3 additional entries

Do you speak American? : a companion to the PBS television series / Robert MacNeil and William Cran. Canarsie, Central Library

2005

Doing our own thing : the degradation of language and music and why we should, like, care / John McWh Central Library

2003

From skedaddle to selfie : words of the generations / Allan Metcalf. Boro Park, Central Library, Cypress Hills, Highlawn, New Lots

2016

Mastering the American accent / Lisa Mojsin. Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Central Library, Dekalb

2016

6 additional entries

Nonstandard dialect. Central Library

1968

Founding grammars : how early America's war over words shaped today's language / Rosemarie Ostler. Central Library, Highlawn, Kensington, Ryder, Sheepshead

2015

The Jonathan David dictionary of popular slang / by Anita Pearl. Central Library

1980

Random House historical dictionary of American slang / J.E. Lighter, editor ; assistant editors, J. B Central Library

1994-

The Routledge dictionary of modern American slang and unconventional English / edited by Tom Dalzell. Central Library

2015

Spoken soul : the the story of Black English / John Russell Rickford and Russell John Rickford ; fore Central Library, Macon

2000

Black American English ; its background and its usage in the schools and in literature / edited and i Central Library

1975

Black talk : words and phrases from the hood to the amen corner / Geneva Smitherman. Central Library, Red Hook

2000

Black talk : words and phrases from the hood to the amen corner / Geneva Smitherman. Central Library, New Utrecht

1994

Common American phrases in everyday contexts : a detailed guide to real-life conversation and small t Central Library, Sheepshead, Wash Irving

1992

11 additional entries

Pan-African language in the western hemisphere ; Palwh: a re-definition of black dialect as a languag Central Library

1973

Talkin black talk : language, education, and social change / edited by H. Samy Alim and John Baugh. Central Library

2007