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The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
by H.L. Mencken
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| Editorial Review |
| 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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| Product Details |
- Publisher: Cosimo Classics
- ISBN-10: 1-60520-623-7
- ISBN-13: 978-1-60520-623-3
- Amazon.com Sales Rank #257101
- Published on: August 01, 2009
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 512 pages
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