TY - BOOK ID - 4878328 TI - Speaking American : a history of English in the United States PY - 2012 SN - 9780190232603 9780195179347 PB - Oxford [etc.] Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Americanisms. KW - Anglais (Langue) KW - Américanismes KW - History. KW - Variation KW - Grammar KW - Usage. KW - Histoire KW - Grammaire KW - Usage KW - 802.0 <73> KW - 802.0 <09> KW - 802.0-087 KW - Amerikaans KW - Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Geschiedenis van ... KW - Engels: dialecten KW - 802.0-087 Engels: dialecten KW - 802.0 <09> Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Geschiedenis van ... KW - 802.0 <73> Amerikaans KW - Américanismes KW - Americanismen KW - Americanisms KW - History KW - Germanic languages KW - Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Geschiedenis van .. KW - Provincialisms KW - Dialects KW - Historical linguistics KW - United States KW - Grammar. KW - Usage (linguistic) KW - Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Geschiedenis van . KW - Engels. Engelse taalkunde--Geschiedenis van KW - Anglais (langue) KW - Grammaire. KW - Américanismes (idiotismes) KW - Variation linguistique KW - Histoire. KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4878328 AB - When did English become American? What distinctive qualities made it American? What role have America's democratizing impulses, and its vibrantly heterogeneous speakers, played in shaping our language and separating it from the mother tongue? Richard Bailey's Speaking American investigates the history and continuing evolution of our language from the sixteenth century to the present. --from publisher description. ER -