The American language ; an inquiry into the development of English in the United States /
Traces the origin and development of the American language as it has been adapted from English and illustrates the Americanization of Icelandic, Czechoslovakian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Chinese, Hungarian, Finnish and Arabic. Primary emphasis is on the language as it stands today including development...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
1937
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| Edition: | Fourth edition, corrected, enlarged and rewritten. |
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| Summary: | Traces the origin and development of the American language as it has been adapted from English and illustrates the Americanization of Icelandic, Czechoslovakian, Lithuanian, Armenian, Chinese, Hungarian, Finnish and Arabic. Primary emphasis is on the language as it stands today including development of technological terms and slang. |
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| Item Description: | Typography by W.A. Dwiggins. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 769, xxix pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical footnotes and index. |