Homegrown English: How Americans Invented Themselves and Their Language - Softcover

McQuain, Jeffrey

 
9780375719813: Homegrown English: How Americans Invented Themselves and Their Language
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0375719814 ISBN 13: 9780375719813
Verlag: Random House Reference &, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Offers a whimsical study of the ways in which the unique attributes of the American character have shaped the American language, tracing the idiosyncratic evolution of American language through the distinctive words that make it up. Originally published as Never Enough Words. Reprint. 10,000 first printing

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jeffrey McQuain has been a researcher and guest columnist for William Safire's "On Language" column, and is a renowned Shakespeare scholar. He is currently the editor of Copy Editor, and is the author of Coined by Shakespeare, the Word Workout series, and Power Language: Getting the Most Out of Your Words.

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An entertaining and authoritative tour of the American language.

The American language has a living history, and the acclaimed Homegrown English is its guidebook. Linguistic tour guide Jeffrey McQuain serves up anecdotes and little-known facts along the way as he tells the engaging and informative story of how the idiosyncrasies of the American character shaped the American language.

From Native American terms to current coinages, the American vocabulary mirrors both the strengths and the weaknesses of our national character. McQuain demonstrates how our invention of words matches our distinctive American traits--from tall-talking (absquatulation) to creativity (mixologist) to down-right orneriness (dad-blasted). Along the way, Homegrown English shows us who we were, who we are now, and who we may be in this new millennium.

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Verlag
Random House Reference &
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0375719814
ISBN 13 
9780375719813
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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