Literature Review from the year 2016 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3, University of Potsdam, course: English in the U.S., language: English, abstract: This research paper is a review of Lippi-Green's book on American Accents. It simultaneously covers geographical accents as well as social and cultral accents within the United States. It finishes with a theoretical position and points of critique by the author.