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The American Language

The American Language

A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States

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English
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61 Chapters
  1. 1 The Diverging Streams
  2. 2 The Academic Attitude
  3. 3 The View of Writing Men
  4. 4 Foreign Observers
  5. 5 The Characters of American
  6. 6 The Materials of American
  7. 7 Footnotes
  8. 8 In Colonial Days
  9. 9 Sources of Early Americanisms
  10. 10 New Words of English Material
  11. 11 Changed Meanings
  12. 12 Archaic English Words
  13. 13 Colonial Pronunciation
  14. 14 Footnotes
  15. 15 The New Nation
  16. 16 The Language in the Making
  17. 17 The Expanding Vocabulary
  18. 18 Loan-Words
  19. 19 Pronunciation
  20. 20 Footnotes
  21. 21 The Two Vocabularies
  22. 22 Differences in Usage
  23. 23 Honorifics
  24. 24 Euphemisms and Forbidden Words
  25. 25 Footnotes
  26. 26 International Exchanges
  27. 27 Points of Difference
  28. 28 Lost Distinctions
  29. 29 Foreign Influences Today
  30. 30 Processes of Word Formation
  31. 31 Pronunciation
  32. 32 Footnotes
  33. 33 Grammarians and Their Ways
  34. 34 Spoken American As It Is
  35. 35 The Verb
  36. 36 The Pronoun
  37. 37 The Adverb
  38. 38 The Noun and Adjective
  39. 39 The Double Negative
  40. 40 Pronunciation
  41. 41 Footnotes
  42. 42 Typical Forms
  43. 43 General Tendencies
  44. 44 The Influence of Webster
  45. 45 Exchanges
  46. 46 Simplified Spelling
  47. 47 Minor Differences
  48. 48 Footnotes
  49. 49 Surnames
  50. 50 Given Names
  51. 51 Geographical Names
  52. 52 Street Names
  53. 53 Footnotes
  54. 54 Proverb and Platitude
  55. 55 American Slang
  56. 56 The Future of the Language
  57. 57 Footnotes
  58. 58 Bibliography
  59. 59 Footnotes
  60. 60 List of Words and Phrases
  61. 61 General Index