The American language : an inquiry into the development of English in the United States / by H. L. Mencken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--United States.

English language.

Names.

United States.

Names, Personal--United States.

Names, Personal.

Names--United States.

Penn Provenance:

Williams, Estelle, 1886-1954 (bookplate) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 492 pages, 6 unnumbered pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition, revised & enlarged.

Manufacture:

New York, N. Y. : Set up and printed by the J. J. Little & Ives Co.".

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, MCMXXI [1921]

Contents:

Introductory

The beginnings of American

The period of growth

American and English today

International exchanges

Tendencies in American

The standard American pronunciation

American spelling

The common speech

Proper names in America

American slang

The future of the language.

Notes:

"Two additional nonconjugate binder's leaves, at the beginning of the first gather and at the end of the last, take the place of endpapers."--Cf. Schrader.

Title page printed in red and black with Borzoi emblem in red.

"Second Edition Published December, 1921."

"Paper (Warren's) furnished by Henry Lindenmeyr Sons, New York, N. Y. Bound by the H. Wolff Estate, New York, N. Y."

Contains prefaces to the first and revised editions.

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 427-457) and index.

Dark blue cloth binding; front cover has blindstamped Mencken arms and back has Borzoi emblem stamped in lower right hand corner. Spine lettered in gilt.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Estelle Williams.

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed "To Gloom. Prosit Neujahr. H. L. Mencken 1921".

Culture Class Class Collection copy has [2] leaves advertising this book laid in.

Culture Class Collection copy has unopened leaves.

Cited in:

Schrader, R.J. H.L. Mencken, University of Pittsburgh Press, p. 87

OCLC:

2574440