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Rey, Alain – Francais dans le Monde, 1982
The overall construction, internal organization, and utility of an inventory of Black African French variants are reviewed and found highly useful. Part of a page is reproduced as an example. (MSE)
Descriptors: African Culture, Blacks, Dialects, Dictionaries

Montgomery, Michael B.; And Others – American Speech, 1989
Briefly explores the usage patterns of American English words, terms, or expressions such as "y'all" and other second plural pronouns, English conditionals, "greasy' by East-Central Pennsylvanians, who or whom, the genderless "-person" suffix, and Russianisms. (CB)
Descriptors: Dialects, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Lexicography

Piotrowski, Tadeusz – Applied Linguistics, 1987
Analyzes bilingual dictionaries from eastern bloc countries. Reviews the problems inherent in different treatments of English pronunciation in various bilingual dictionaries. (LMO)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Czech, Diacritical Marking, Dialects