Dictionary of American Regional English

小行星9408728 摘要 美国方言协会的官方词典《美国地区英语词典》（The Dictionary of American Regional English）处理了美国英语使用者之间的地区和社会差异。基于对美国1002个社区的当代（1965-70）实地考察的广泛计划， 和一个同样广泛的收集书面来源，从十七世纪通过现在，DARE包括单词，短语和发音，不同的一个地区的国家到另一个或从一个社会群体到另一个。该词典提供了完整的历史处理，发音，变体形式，词源，区域标签，社会和用法标签，定义，日期引文和交叉引用，酌情。DARE的一个独特之处是（在文本中）包含了显示单词、短语和形式的区域分布的地图。第一卷，包含介绍性的内容和字母A-C，于1985年出版，受到学者，评论家和公众的好评。第二卷（D-H）于1991年出版，第三卷（I-O）定于1996年出版。另外三卷将完成该项目，最后一卷还将载有参考书目、累积索引、对比区域和社会地图以及实地工作中收集的所有答复摘要。 大约每隔五年就会出现一次。DARE不仅将提供地区美国英语的完整记录，而且还将在词典文本和原始材料中提供资源，以促进更深入的语言学研究。 ***

9408728 Cassidy ABSTRACT The Dictionary of American Regional English, official dictionary of the American Dialect Society, treats both regional and social variation among speakers of American English. Based on an extensive program of contemporary (1965-70) fieldwork in 1002 communities across the U.S., and an equally extensive collection of written sources from the seventeenth century through the present, DARE includes words, phrases, and pronunciations that vary from one part of the country to another or from one social group to another. The Dictionary provides full historical treatment, with pronunciations, variant forms, etymologies, regional labels, social and usage labels, definitions, dated quotations, and cross-references, as appropriate. A unique feature of DARE is the inclusion (within the text) of maps showing the regional distribution of words, phrases, and forms. Volume I, containing introductory matter and the letters A-C, was published in 1985 to the acclaim of scholars, reviewers, and the public as well. Volume II (D-H) was published in 1991, and Volume III (I-O) is scheduled to appear in 1996. Three more volumes, the last of which will also contain the bibliography, a cumulative index, contrastive regional and social maps, and a summary of all responses collected in the fieldwork, will complete the project. Volumes will appear at approximately five-year intervals. DARE will not only provide a full record of regional American English, but will also furnish, both in the Dictionary text and in the raw materials, the resources to stimulate much further linguistic research. ***