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The American Language Supplement 1 :The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States
The American Language Supplement 1 :The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States
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Perhaps the first truly important book about the divergence of American English from its British roots, this survey of the language as it was spoken-and as it was changing-at the beginning of the 20th century comes via one of its most inveterate watchers, journalist, critic, and editor HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956).In this replica of the 1921 "revised and enlarged" second edition, Mencken turns his keen ear on:
the general character of American English
loan-words and non-English influences
expletives and forbidden words
American slang
the future of the language
and much much more.
Anyone fascinated by words will find this a thoroughly enthralling look at the most changeab...
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Perhaps the first truly important book about the divergence of American English from its British roots, this survey of the language as it was spoken-and as it was changing-at the beginning of the 20th century comes via one of its most inveterate watchers, journalist, critic, and editor HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956).In this replica of the 1921 "revised and enlarged" second edition, Mencken turns his keen ear on:
the general character of American English
loan-words and non-English influences
expletives and forbidden words
American slang
the future of the language
and much, much more.
Anyone fascinated by words will find this a thoroughly enthralling look at the most changeable language on the face of the planet., ISBN13: 9780394400761 ISBN10: 0394400763 Material Type: hardcover
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ISBN10: 0394400763
ISBN13: 9780394400761
Publisher: H. L. Mencken
Print Length: 769
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