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Parts of speech ; essays on English /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : C. Scribner, [1901]
Subjects:
English language.
Spelling reform.
Americanisms.
Table of Contents:
  • The stock that speaks the language
  • The future of the language
  • The English language in the United States
  • Tha language in Great Britain
  • Americanisms once more
  • New words and old
  • The naturalization of foreign words
  • The function of slang
  • Questions of usage
  • An inquiry as to rime
  • On the poetry of place-names
  • As to "American spelling"
  • The simplification of English spelling
  • Americanism - An attempt at a definition.