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 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.

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.

We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas.

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.

However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but more different from other dialects.

Well, American dialects have been studied for a hundred years or so.

A person’s attitude creates the tone of his or her life. The highest expression of human dignity is to live a purposeful life devoted to principles and exhibiting compassion for other people.

Sometimes enlightenment descends upon you when you least expect it...

While active listening is crucial for optimal communication, we are faced with a dilemma which can perplex even the sincerest and engaged of individuals.

Friends are not made, but recognized.

We are the number one custom yacht builder in the world and my goal is to stay there

How is it that the Church produced no geometer in her autocratic reign of twelve hundred years?

Our children should not be so taught as to despise labour.

I need a break. I've been working for about a year and a half. I think I'd like to go to Pakistan.

I'm not a big jazz fan.