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_aMencken, H. L. _q(Henry Louis), _d1880-1956 |
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_aThe American Language : _bA Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2013 |
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| 500 | _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Language | ||
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2013-08-01 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Bruce Albrecht, RichardW and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"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.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aEnglish language | ||
| 653 | _aAmericanisms | ||
| 653 | _aNames -- United States | ||
| 653 | _aNames, Personal -- United States | ||
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