Western lore and language : a dictionary for enthusiasts of the American West / Thomas L. Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Thomas L.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--West (U.S.)--Slang--Dictionaries.

English language.

Americanisms.

Slang.

West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Dictionaries.

West (U.S.).

Americanisms--West (U.S.)--Dictionaries.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [1996]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Western Lore and Language is the first dictionary to document the extraordinary range of words that are an integral part of the West, old and new. Focusing on words that either originated in the West (forty-niner, skookum, quaking aspen), are used mainly in the West (butte, skink, Spanish sword), or are associated with the West (mesa, rodeo, surfer), Thomas Clark has compiled an entertaining and essential reference of the Western word. This generously illustrated resource gives readers everything they need to talk western: a pinch of Border Spanish, (Tex-Mex, Tejana, Spanglish), some California Mellow, a generous portion of Old West, and a broad scoop of New West (from vineyard cultivation to Valley Girl vapidity). For more serious readers, the dictionary also offers complete lexicological entries for each word - part of speech, pronunciation, definition, source, etymology, dates, cross-references, and editorial comments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-264).

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Clark, Thomas L. Western lore and language.

ISBN:

9780585132075

0585132070

Publisher Number:

99990102315

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.