List of Figures.

List of Tables.

Preface.

Introduction..

Part I: Writing it and Saying it.

Part II: American History for Language Students.

Part III: Running America: Government and Education.

Part IV: Life and Language in the United States.

Part V: American English Vocabulary: A Systematic View.

Part VI: Caught Out or Caught Off Base? Metaphors in American English.

Part VII: The Grammar of American English.

Part VIII: Using English in the United States.

Part IX: Varieties of American English.

Part X: Language Politics in the United States: English and Other Languages.

Websites.

Bibliography.

Linguistic Glossary.

Index of Alphabetisms and Acronyms.

Index of Zip Codes for States.

Subject Index.

Word Index.