The American Language
| Autor: | Mencken, H L |
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| EAN: | 9781616402594 |
| Auflage: | 002 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 512 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 01.07.2010 |
| Untertitel: | A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States |
| Schlagworte: | Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy |
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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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