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Mike Cole (mcole who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu)
Sat, 6 Jul 1996 13:12:38 -0700 (PDT)

How about Language in the USA, edited by Charles A. Ferguson and Shirley
Brice Heath with a foward by Dell Hymes, first published in 1981 but
republished at least as late as 1993? Cambridge University Press.

Also, for something very textbook-y but full of clearly-presented,
in-depth information: An Introduction to Language, by Victoria Fromkin
and Robert Rodman. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. I've got the fourth
editio, which was 1988. This book will go a long way toward preventing
misconceptions.

Helena Worthen