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Milestones in the history of English in America / Allen Walker Read ; edited by Richard W. Bailey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication of the American Dialect Society ; no. 86.Publisher: Durham, NC : Published for the American Dialect Society by Duke University Press, 2002Description: xxiv, 454 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 082236526X
  • 9780822365266
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.973 21
LOC classification:
  • PE1702 .A5 no. 86 PE2809
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Allen Walker Read, American Scholar -- 1. Milestones in the Branching of British and American English -- 2. The Embattled Dominance of English in the United States -- 3. The Impact of "Ethnicity" on Attitudes toward the English Language -- 4. British Recognition of American Speech in the Eighteenth Century -- 5. Amphi-Atlantic English -- 6. The Assimilation of the Speech of British Immigrants in Colonial America -- 7. The Distinguishing Features of American Talk -- 8. Words Indicating Social Status in America in the Eighteenth Century -- 9. The Allegiance to Dictionaries in American Linguistic Attitudes -- 10. The First Stage in the History of O.K. -- 11. The Second Stage in the History of O.K. -- 12. The Folklore of O.K. -- 13. Later Stages in the History of O.K. -- 14. Successive Revisions in the Explanation of O.K. -- 15. Sticking to the Facts: A Letter to Rowland Berthoff -- 16. An Obscenity Symbol -- 17. A Type of Ostentatious Taboo -- 18. Where Does That Word Come From? -- 19. A Personal Journey through Linguistics -- 20. A Life Exhilarated by Language -- App. Bibliography of the Papers of Allen Walker Read -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-429) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Allen Walker Read, American Scholar -- 1. Milestones in the Branching of British and American English -- 2. The Embattled Dominance of English in the United States -- 3. The Impact of "Ethnicity" on Attitudes toward the English Language -- 4. British Recognition of American Speech in the Eighteenth Century -- 5. Amphi-Atlantic English -- 6. The Assimilation of the Speech of British Immigrants in Colonial America -- 7. The Distinguishing Features of American Talk -- 8. Words Indicating Social Status in America in the Eighteenth Century -- 9. The Allegiance to Dictionaries in American Linguistic Attitudes -- 10. The First Stage in the History of O.K. -- 11. The Second Stage in the History of O.K. -- 12. The Folklore of O.K. -- 13. Later Stages in the History of O.K. -- 14. Successive Revisions in the Explanation of O.K. -- 15. Sticking to the Facts: A Letter to Rowland Berthoff -- 16. An Obscenity Symbol -- 17. A Type of Ostentatious Taboo -- 18. Where Does That Word Come From? -- 19. A Personal Journey through Linguistics -- 20. A Life Exhilarated by Language -- App. Bibliography of the Papers of Allen Walker Read -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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