America in so many words [electronic resource] : words that have shaped America / David K. Barnhart and Allan A. Metcalf.
By: Barnhart, David K
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Contributor(s): Metcalf, Allan A.
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TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1997General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. x-xii) and indexes.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 308 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0585077525 (electronic bk.); 9780585077529 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): English language -- United States -- Etymology | English language -- United States -- History | Americanisms -- History | United States -- History -- TerminologyGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 422/.0973 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. x-xii) and indexes.
Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
Introduction: Representative words -- The English in America: 1497-1750 -- These United States: 1751-1800 -- Mammoth Enterprise: 1801-1865 -- End of the Frontier: 1866-1900 -- Modern Times: 1901-1944 -- Nearing the Millennium: 1945-1998
In chronological order, Barnhart and Metcalf give the history and usage of words and phrases that Americans have added to the English language, from canoe and skunk in the 1500s to soccer mom, Ebonics, and millennium bug in the 1990s.
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