A Study Guide for H. L. Mencken's "The American Language"
Title | A Study Guide for H. L. Mencken's "The American Language" PDF eBook |
Author | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publisher | Gale, Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | 20 |
Release | |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1410339793 |
The American Language
Title | The American Language PDF eBook |
Author | H. L. Mencken |
Publisher | Good Press |
Total Pages | 361 |
Release | 2020-01-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
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'The American Language; An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States', is H. L. Mencken's book about the English language as spoken in the United States. The book discusses the beginnings of "American" variations from "English", the spread of these variations, American names and slang over the course of its 374 pages. According to Mencken, American English was more colorful, vivid, and creative than its British counterpart.
The American Language
Title | The American Language PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | Alfred a Knopf Incorporated |
Total Pages | 817 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0394400755 |
A modified, one-volume edition of Mencken's classic analysis of American English
The American Language
Title | The American Language PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | Knopf Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 798 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Americanisms |
ISBN | 0394400763 |
The American Language
Title | The American Language PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 518 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Americanisms |
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American Language Supplement 1
Title | American Language Supplement 1 PDF eBook |
Author | H.L. Mencken |
Publisher | Knopf |
Total Pages | 798 |
Release | 2012-02-08 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0307808785 |
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.
The American Language
Title | The American Language PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Louis Mencken |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1945 |
Genre | Americanisms |
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