Western lore and language [electronic resource] : a dictionary for enthusiasts of the American West / Thomas L. Clark.
By: Clark, Thomas L
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TextPublisher: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c1996General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264).Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 266 p.) : ill., maps.ISBN: 0585132070 (electronic bk.); 9780585132075 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): English language -- West (U.S.) -- Slang -- Dictionaries | Americanisms -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries | West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- DictionariesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 427/.978 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264).
Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
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.
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