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The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States

The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States

Mencken, H. L.

Hardcover

LinguisticsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1616402598
ISBN13: 9781616402594
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: Jul 1 2010
Pages: 512
Weight: 1.99
Height: 1.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.

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