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The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States

by H. L. Mencken
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781616402594
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Cosimo Classics
  • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics
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  • Pages: 512
  • Original Price: USD 41.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 2nd Edition
  • Item Weight: 903 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / General

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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