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EBOOK Speaking American:A History of English in the United States

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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199913404
EAN: EDFF2825EB
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Stron: 232
Data wydania: 2011
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When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American?        What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous        speakers, played in shaping our language and separating it from the mother tongue?A        wide-ranging account of American English, Richard Bailey's Speaking American        investigates the history and continuing evolution of our language from the sixteenth        century to the present. The book is organized in half-century segments around        influential centers: Chesapeake Bay (1600-1650), Boston (1650-1700), Charleston        (1700-1750), Philadelphia (1750-1800), New Orleans (1800-1850), New York        (1850-1900), Chicago (1900-1950), Los Angeles (1950-2000), and Cyberspace        (2000-present). Each of these places has added new words, new inflections, new ways        of speaking to the elusive, boisterous, ever-changing linguistic experiment that is        American English. Freed from British constraints of unity and propriety, swept up in        rapid social change, restless movement, and a thirst for innovation, Americans have        always been eager to invent new words, from earthy frontier expressions like        "e;catawampously"e; (vigorously) and "e;bung-nipper"e; (pickpocket), to West African words        introduced by slaves such as "e;goober"e; (peanut) and "e;gumbo"e; (okra), to urban slang        such as "e;tagging"e; (spraying graffiti) and "e;crew"e; (gang). Throughout, Bailey focuses        on how people speak and how speakers change the language. The book is filled with        transcripts of arresting voices, precisely situated in time and space: two justices        of the peace sitting in a pumpkin patch trying an Indian for theft; a crowd of        Africans lounging on the waterfront in Philadelphia discussing the newly independent        nation in their home languages; a Chicago gangster complaining that his pocket had        been picked; Valley Girls chattering; Crips and Bloods negotiating their gang        identities in LA; and more.Speaking American explores--and celebrates--the endless        variety and remarkable inventiveness that have always been at the heart of American        English.

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