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050 0 0 _aPE2839
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100 1 _aMcQuain, Jeff,
_d1955-
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrwqjjtfrQBWQX7cggCXq.
245 1 0 _aNever enough words :
_bhow Americans invented expressions as ingenious, ornery, and colorful as themselves /
_cJeffrey McQuain.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bRandom House,
_c1999.
300 _axxv, 278 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 264-267) and index.
505 0 0 _tPersonally speaking: the American spirit --
_tIntellectually speaking: the American mind --
_tEmotionally speaking: the American heart.
520 _aAs Jeffrey McQuain illustrates in this history of the American language, there are Never Enough Words. Chronicling American English from its first deviations from the King's English to today's cyberlanguage, he delves into our linguistic history to show how a new American language was invented and re-invented over the centuries from colonial times to today. Along the way, he demonstrates for the first time how specific characteristic American traits are directly connected to the terms we have coined.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_zUnited States
_xTerms and phrases.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_zUnited States
_xEtymology.
650 0 _aFigures of speech.
650 0 _aAmericanisms.
650 0 _aEnglish language
_zUnited States
_xTerminology.
650 0 _aFrench language
_xFigures of speech.
655 7 _aDictionaries.
_2lcgft.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aMcQuain, Jeff, 1955-
_tNever enough words.
_b1st ed.
_dNew York : Random House, 1999
_w(OCoLC)607162490.
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