The American Language Supplement 1 :The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States - Hardcover
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.
· 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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- PublisherAlfred A. Knopf
- Publication date1945
- ISBN 10 0394400763
- ISBN 13 9780394400761
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number4
- Number of pages769
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