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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 0394400755
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101800487
- Release Date: June 1, 1948
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Product DescriptionMore Books by H. L. Mencken (Author)Run a Quick Search on "American Language" by H. L. Mencken to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "American Language"Browse more products related to "H. L. Mencken"Review"I have no doubt that he was drawn into the study of language because it provided him with so splendid an opportunity to shock the respectable and that his monumental work is a part of his war on gentility. Far from complaining of this fact, I am, however, only sorry that he does not more often permit himself in this volume to indulge in his vigorous prejudices and to exhibit his mastery of style....He will be remembered as a unique writer." "Nobody, doctor of many languages or simpler user of one, can fail to be fascinated by the all-embracing, serried, multifarious curiosity with which Mr. Mencken surveys the abundant tongue we speak in the United States." Publisher's noteA modified, one-volume edition of Mencken's classic analysis of American English. AnnotationFamed editor H. L. Menken's exhaustive study of the American language and how it became distinctly its own was originally published in 1919. Mencken himself supplemented it in the 1940s. If You Enjoy "American Language (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:
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