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Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Amglish in, Like, Ten Easy Lessons: A Celebration of the New World Lingo, by Arthur Rowse and with illustrations by John Doherty, describes how Amglish, or American English influenced by online grammar and syntax, has begun to dominate our global language. Featuring an ironic manual on how to use this developing language, Amglish is a light and highly entertaining addition to the recent literature on grammar and punctuation. Illustrated with original...
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Did you know that your answers to just a handful of questions can predict where you grew up? How do you pronounce "pecan"? What do you call a long sandwich with a variety of meats and cheeses? Do you cut the grass or mow the lawn? The answers to these questions and the distinctions they reveal about who says what and where they say it, are not just the ultimate in cocktail party fodder, they are also windows into the history of our nation, regions,...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
From the Publisher: As Oxford's flagship American dictionary, the New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country. With more than 350,000 words, phrases, and senses, hundreds of explanatory notes, and more than a thousand illustrations, this dictionary provides the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of American English available. The dictionary draws on the two-billion-word Oxford English Corpus...
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Pub. Date
[1986]
Description
In linguistics, where definitions at best are often imprecise, those of slang terms are notoriously hard to establish. Recorded slang emerged from the special languages of sub-cultures and never stops evolving. Since the publication of the classic Dictionary of American Slang, on which this new dictionary is partially based, many changes have taken place
12) Listening to America: an illustrated history of words and phrases from our lively and splendid past
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Pub. Date
[1982]
Description
An illustrated survey of the origins, evolutions, and meanings of thousands of phrases, and expressions unique to American English adds up to an entertaining, reliable history of modern American idioms and speech.
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