Well, American Dialects Have Been Studied For

But Unlike European Countries, America Has Never Finished A Map Of The United States, Only The Eastern United States Is Covered And A Few Spots Here And There.

I Have Resisted The Term Sociolinguistics For Many Years, Since It Implies That There Can Be A Successful Linguistic Theory Or Practice Which Is Not Social.

It Appears That The Present-day Form Of African American English Is Not The Inheritance Of The Period Of Slavery, But The Creation Of The Second Half Of The 20th Century.

Well, American Dialects Have Been Studied For A Hundred Years Or So.

I Am Now Completing Research Supported By Nsf And Neh That Is Mapping Changes In The English Language Through All Of North America, For Both Mainstream And Minority Communities.