Contributors' Column

CONTRIBUTORS' COLUMN
American Speech 83(1): np (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-83-1-np [PDF]  

Articles

Sali A. Tagliamonte and Derek Denis

LINGUISTIC RUIN? LOL! INSTANT MESSAGING AND TEEN LANGUAGE
American Speech 83(1): 3-34 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-001 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David Bowie

ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF UTAH'S CARD-CORD MERGER
American Speech 83(1): 35-61 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-002 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Erik Schleef

THE "LECTURER'S OK" REVISITED: CHANGING DISCOURSE CONVENTIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF ACADEMIC DIVISION
American Speech 83(1): 62-84 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-003 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Wayne Glowka, Sarah Wyatt Swanson, Susan Presley, David K. Barnhart, and Grant Barrett

AMONG THE NEW WORDS
American Speech 83(1): 85-98 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-004 [PDF]  

Reviews

Susan Tamasi

NEGOTIATING MEDICAL COMMUNICATION: The Discourse of Hospital Communication: Tracing Complexities in Contemporary Health Organizations
NEGOTIATING MEDICAL COMMUNICATION The Discourse of Hospital Communication: Tracing Complexities in Contemporary Health Organizations Edited by Rick Iedema Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Pp. xvi + 275.
American Speech 83(1): 99-107 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-005 [PDF] [References]  

Mary Hayes

A NEW APPROACH TO AN OLD TOPIC: A History of the English Language
A NEW APPROACH TO AN OLD TOPIC A History of the English Language Edited by Richard Hogg and David Denison Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii + 495.
American Speech 83(1): 107-109 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-006 [PDF] [References]  

Mark Peters

NO WORD LEFT BEHIND: The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English: A Crunk Omnibus for Thrillionaires and Bampots for the Ecozoic Age
NO WORD LEFT BEHIND The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English: A Crunk Omnibus for Thrillionaires and Bampots for the Ecozoic Age By Grant Barrett New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Pp. xxxv + 412.
American Speech 83(1): 109-112 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-007 [PDF] [References]  

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