TY  - BOOK
AU  - Read,Allen Walker
AU  - Bailey,Richard W.
TI  - Milestones in the history of English in America
T2  - Publication of the American Dialect Society
SN  - 082236526X
AV  - PE1702PE2809 .A5 no. 86
U1  - 420.973 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Durham, NC
PB  - Published for the American Dialect Society by Duke University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Americanisms
N1  - 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
ER  -