Dialect (623 results)

paperback. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's greatest villain to America's favorite second-person plural pronoun offers a story rich with surprising and unprecedented turns. Through his trademark breezy, highly readable style, acclaimed writer Allan Metcalf takes us deep into this history, uncovering the intrigue, murderous plots, and torture out of which the word emerged in 1605. From there, it's a thrilling run through 17th-century England, bloody religious controversies, and across the Atlantic to America, where the word took on a life of its own, exploding into popular culture and day-to-day conversation. From the disappearance of "thou," to George Washington and the American Revolution, to the modern revival of Guy Fawkes in V for Vendetta, Metcalf explores the improbable history of a simple word so indispensable to our daily lives, and that evokes deep insights into the evolution of English itself.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's greatest villain to America's favorite second-person plural pronoun offers a story rich with surprising and unprecedented turns. Through his trademark breezy, highly readable style, acclaimed writer Allan Metcalf takes us deep into this history, uncovering the intrigue, murderous plots, and torture out of which the word emerged in 1605. From there, it's a thrilling run through 17th-century England, bloody religious controversies, and across the Atlantic to America, where the word took on a life of its own, exploding into popular culture and day-to-day conversation. From the disappearance of "thou," to George Washington and the American Revolution, to the modern revival of Guy Fawkes in V for Vendetta, Metcalf explores the improbable history of a simple word so indispensable to our daily lives, and that evokes deep insights into the evolution of English itself.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 12 page center stapled softcover - an index to supplement PADS 85. No flaws.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Catalogue of the English Dialect Library . Manchester. Founded Under the Auspices of the English Dialect Society. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. 96 page softcover - second printing of the 1953 original. The method of collecting and the questionnaire. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages center stapled softcover. 2 articles: 1) The ADS Dictionary - How Soon? by Frederic G. Cassidy; 2) The Linguistic Atlas of New England Revisited by Audrey R. Duckert. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 60 page center stapled softcover. 3 articles: 1) A Selected List of Compounds from Present-Day Reading by Margaret M. Bryant; 2) On the Interpretation of Occasional Spellings by Edward A. Stephenson; 3) The Stressed Vowels of Yiddish-American English by Lawrence M. Davis. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 56 page center stapled softcover. 3 articles: 1) Bilingualism in Northern New England by Mary R. Miller; 2) Words Used by the Fire Fighters of Denver Fire Department by Paul L. Yelsma; 3) A Word List from Olney, Illinois by Norman A. Heap. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 88 page softcover with figure illustrations. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 38 page side stapled softcover. 3 articles: 1) A Word-list from Zora Neale Hurston by C. Merton Babcock; 2) To as a Preposition of Location in Linguistuc Atlas Materials by Virginia McDavis; 3) The 1961 Conference on Dialectology by Raven I. McDavid, Jr. and Vernon S. Larsen. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.…

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