Glossaries Of Americanisms

Glossaries Of Americanisms
Author: Daniel R Davis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 113647806X

American lexicography has a distinguished and familiar tradition. Elwyn (1859) is intended as a corrective response to the excessive identification of Americanisms, but in fact represents what one might term the ‘traditionalist’ position. Fallows (1883) is significant as a treatment of Americanisms and Briticisms for a general audience. Norton (1890) is a specific application to American political life.

The American Language

The American Language
Author: H. L. Mencken
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2020-01-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

'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.