Speaking American : a history of English in the United States
Record details
- ISBN: 0190232609
- ISBN: 9780190232603
- ISBN: 019517934X (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780195179347 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780195179347 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 019517934X (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xvi, 207 pages ; 25 cm
regular print
print - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Chesapeake Bay, before 1650 -- Boston, 1650-1700 -- Charleston, 1700-1750 -- Philadelphia, 1750-1800 -- New Orleans, 1800-1850 -- New York, 1850-1900 -- Chicago, 1900-1950 -- Los Angeles, 1950-2000. |
Summary, etc.: | When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our language and separating it from the mother tongue? Richard Bailey's Speaking American investigates the history and continuing evolution of our language from the sixteenth century to the present. --from publisher description. |
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Subject: | Americanisms English language United States Usage English language United States Grammar English language Variation United States English language United States History |
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