01823cam a22003493u 4500 43376 UtSlPG 20260610134008.0 m cr n 260607r2013||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PE Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 The American Language : A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2013 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Language Release date is 2013-08-01 Produced by Bruce Albrecht, RichardW and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The American Language" by H. L. Mencken is a book published in 1919 that examines English as spoken in the United States. Inspired by street argot and Mark Twain, Mencken defended American speech against British critics who dismissed it as a corruption of proper English. He argued that American English was more colorful and creative than its counterpart across the Atlantic. The work explores American variations, names, and slang, challenging prescriptive grammar rules and celebrating how language evolves independently of textbooks. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified English language Americanisms Names -- United States Names, Personal -- United States https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43376 84215 84215