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The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States
The American Language A Preliminary Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States
Author: H. L. Mencken
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781616402594
ISBN-10: 1616402598
Publication Date: 7/1/2010
Pages: 512
Edition: 2
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Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Book Type: Hardcover
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