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Speaking freely : a guided tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley / Stuart Berg Flexner and Anne H. Soukhanov.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flexner, Stuart Berg.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--United States--Etymology.
- English language.
- English language--United States--History.
- Slang.
- Language and languages--Etymology.
- United States.
- History.
- English language--United States--Slang.
- Americanisms.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- A rambunctious portrait of the language Americans speak--from the first Thanksgiving to today--explores the origin and history of our most colorful words and expressions, show how our changing culture affects our language, defines and traces the many new words entering our language, and more. Beautifully designed with over 450 photos and illus.
- Notes:
- Based on Stuart Berg Flexner's I hear America talking and Listening to America.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 019510692X
- OCLC:
- 36824756
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