American English /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marckwardt, Albert Henry, 1903-1975
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1958.
Edition:[1st ed.].
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The English language in America
  • 2. The language of the colonists
  • 3. The melting pot
  • 4. The colonial lag
  • 5. Yankee ingenuity and the frontier spirit
  • 6. The genteel tradition and the glorification of the commonplace
  • 7. Regional and social variations
  • 8. The names thereof
  • 9. The future of English.