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Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:940272336
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Linguistica
ISBN : OCLC:314931296
Author : H.L. Mencken
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780307808783
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.
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 739 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : OCLC:1105231301
Author : H L Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:473764401
Author : H.L. Mencken
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 817 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780307813442
The DEFINITIVE EDITION OF The American Language was published in 1936. Since then it has been recognized as a classic. It is that rarest of literary accomplishments—a book that is authoritative and scientific and is at the same time very diverting reading. But after 1936 HLM continued to gather new materials diligently. In 1945 those which related to the first six chapters of The American Language were published as Supplement I; the present volume contains those new materials which relate to the other chapters. The ground thus covered in Supplement II is as follows: 1. American Pronunciation. Its history. Its divergence from English usage. The regional and racial dialects. 2. American Spelling. The influence of Noah Webster upon it. Its characters today. The simplified spelling movement. The treatment of loan words. Punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation. 3. The Common Speech. Outlines of its grammar. Its verbs, pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. The double negative. Other peculiarities. 4. Proper Names in America. Surnames. Given-names. Place-names. Other names. 5. American Slang. Its origin and history. The argot of various racial and occupational groups. Although the text of Supplement II is related to that of The American Language, it is an independent work that may be read profitably by persons who do not know either The American Language or Supplement I.
Author : H. L. Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:465864087
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : OCLC:228427645
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : OCLC:1028039144
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:969823393
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : English language
ISBN : OCLC:46988871
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : OCLC:1063211685
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:850904855
Author : Mencken, Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474508943
Author : Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : English language
ISBN : LCCN:76054715