Speaking American : a history of English in the United States /

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"When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our language and separating it from the mother tongue? Richard Bailey's Speaking American invest...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bailey, Richard W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
English language > United States > History.
English language > Variation > United States.
English language > United States > Grammar.
English language > United States > Usage.
Americanisms.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > États-Unis.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Grammaire.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Idiotismes.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Americanisms
English language
English language > Grammar
English language > Usage
English language > Variation
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Chesapeake Bay, before 1650
  • Boston, 1650-1700
  • Charleston, 1700-1750
  • Philadelphia, 1750-1800
  • New Orleans, 1800-1850
  • New York, 1850-1900
  • Chicago, 1900-1950
  • Los Angeles, 1950-2000.

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