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      Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica

      Frederic G. Cassidy

      First published in 1961, Jamaica Talk is a thorough study of the English spoken in Jamaica and, although intended for the general educated reader rather than the linguistic specialist, has…

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      Dictionary of American Regional English: Volume I: A-C

      Capturing the language spoken on America’s main streets and country roads-words and phrases passed along in homes and communities across the map-this series is built on an unprecedented, nation-wide survey…

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      Dane County Place-names

      Frederic G. Cassidy

      A record of the heritage of Dane County, Wisconsin’s capital region, from its earliest days through the 1940s. It describes the origins and evolution of local names that reveal a…

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      Dictionary of American Regional English: Volume II: D-H

      Reflecting the liveliness of English as it is spoken on America’s main streets and country roads, this second volume is a collection of vernacular Americanisms - regional metaphors and similes…

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      Dictionary of American Regional English: I-O

      Built upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, the Dictionary of American Regional English preserves a language that lives and dies as…

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