The American Language: A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States - Brossura

Mencken, H. L.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1605206237 ISBN 13: 9781605206233

Casa editrice: Cosimo Classics, 2009

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cosimo Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1605206237
• ISBN 13: 9781605206233
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 512
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile