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Languages and Dialects in the U.S. key-in-knob drawn from current research inLanguages and Dialects in the U. S. is a concise introduction to linguistic diversity in the U. S. for students with little to no background in linguistics. The goal of the editors of this collection of fourteen chapters, written by leading experts on the language varieties discussed, is to offer students detailed insight into the languages they speak or hear around them, grounded in comprehensive coverage of the linguistic systems underpinning them.