The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 6, English in North America / edited by John A...
The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 6, English in North America / edited by John A...
The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 6, English in North America / edited by John Algeo. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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English
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1 online resource (xxxii, 625 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
1. External history John Algeo; 2. British and American, continuity and divergence John Hurt Fisher; 3. British and Irish antecedents Michael Montgomery; 4. Contact with other languages Suzanne Romaine; 5. Americanisms Frederic G. Cassidy and Joan H. Hall; 6. Slang Jonathan Lighter; 7. Dialects Lee...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
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England
Date Published
2001.
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Volume VI of The Cambridge History of the English Language traces the history of English in North America from its British background to its present position among the varieties of English used around the globe. The influences that have formed American English include the political, social, and cultural changes in American life, contact with other...
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The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume 6, English in North America / edited by John Algeo. [electronic resource]
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English
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74VKVZRzZD6d
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVZRzZD6d
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1-139-05382-5
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420/.973
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991023970910802626
