Contributors' Column

CONTRIBUTORS' COLUMN
American Speech 83(3): np (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-83-3-np [PDF]  

Articles

Miranda E. Wilkerson and Joseph Salmons

"GOOD OLD IMMIGRANTS OF YESTERYEAR," WHO DIDN'T LEARN ENGLISH: GERMANS IN WISCONSIN
American Speech 83(3): 259-283 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-020 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Maeve Eberhardt

THE LOW-BACK MERGER IN THE STEEL CITY: AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH IN PITTSBURGH
American Speech 83(3): 284-311 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-021 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David West Brown

PARIS HILTON, BRENDA FRAZIER, BLOGS, AND THE PROLIFERATION OF CELEBU-
American Speech 83(3): 312-325 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-022 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

David K. Barnhart

CELEBU- WORD LIST: AN INTERESTING FORAY INTO CALCULATING RELEVANCE
American Speech 83(3): 325-337 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-023 [PDF]  

Wayne Glowka, Grant Barrett, David K. Barnhart, Megan Melançon, Megan Salter, and Glen Miller

AMONG THE NEW WORDS
American Speech 83(3): 338-358 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-024 [PDF]  

REVIEWS

David West Brown

LINGUISTIC EMANCIPATION AFTER KING
Talkin Black Talk: Language, Education, and Social Change Edited by H. Samy Alim and John Baugh New York: Teachers College Press, 2007. Pp. xvi + 189. ISBN-13 978-0-8077-4747-6; $60.00 (pbk $26.95)
American Speech 83(3): 359-363 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-025 [PDF] [References]  

David W. Marlow

A DEFINITE(?) MAYBE
When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech for Better and/or Worse By Ben Yagoda New York: Broadway Books, 2007. Pp. 241. ISBN 978-0-7679-2077-3; $21.95 (pbk $12.95)
American Speech 83(3): 364-368 (2008); DOI:10.1215/00031283-2008-026 [PDF] [References]  

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