Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Historical Background / Kristin Denham -- Linguistic diversity in Oregon and Washington / Edwin Battistella and David Pippin -- Place names of the Pacific Northwest / Allan Richardson -- Introduction: Indigenous Voices / Kristin Denham -- Indigenous language revitalization in the Pacific Northwest / Russell Hugo -- Reviving Chinook jargon: the Chinuk Wawa language program of the confederated tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon / Henry Zenk and Kathy Cole -- Indigenous language revitalization program in Puyallup Territory / Danica Sterud Miller -- Introduction: English Voices and Attitudes in the Pacific Northwest / Kristin Denham -- English in the evergreen state / Alicia Beckford Wassink -- Seattle to Spokane: what Washingtonians think about English spoken in their state / Betsy Evans -- What Oregon English can tell us about dialect diversity in the Pacific Northwest / Kara Becker -- Introduction: Perceptions, Pragmatics, and Power. It's not what we say, it's how we say it: a brief examination of the pragmatic nuances of interpersonal communication in the region / Jordan B. Sandoval -- Language and power, language and place / Kristin Denham.