The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States - Softcover

Mencken, H. L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1605206237 ISBN 13: 9781605206233

Verlag: Cosimo Classics, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1605206237
• ISBN 13: 9781605206233
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 512
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