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Cookies, coleslaw, and stoops : the influence of Dutch on the North American languages / Nicoline van der Sijs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sijs, Nicoline van der, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Yankees, cookies en dollars. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Foreign words and phrases--Dutch.
- English language.
- English language--Dialects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- Text in English translated from Dutch.
- Summary:
- From Santa Claus and his sleigh to a dumbhead talking poppycock, the contributions of the Dutch language to American English are indelibly embedded to some of our most vernacular terms and expressions.
- Contents:
- 1. The Dutch language in North America
- 2. Dutch words that have left their mark on American English: a thematic glossary
- 3. Dutch influence on North American Indian languages.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [300]-308) and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-3.0 Unported CC BY-NC 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612453854
- 9781282453852
- 1282453858
- 9789048510429
- 9048510422
- OCLC:
- 607892002
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.5117/9789089641243
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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