That's the way it crumbles : the American conquest of English /
by Engel, Matthew.
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BookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2017Description: viii, 278 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781781256688 (hbk.) :; 1781256683 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 427.973 ENGSubject(s): Americanisms | English language -- Variation | English language -- United States | Languages | LanguagesSummary: Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do anything? Too much hassle. Until now. In this book Matthew Engel presents a call to arms against the linguistic impoverishment that happens when one language dominates another.
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| 423.1 OXF Oxford A-Z of better spelling | 423.12 OXF Oxford junior illustrated thesaurus. | 427.09 GRE Chambers slang dictionary | 427.973 ENG That's the way it crumbles : the American conquest of English / | 428 HIT The language wars: a history of proper English | 428 PHY Correct English | 428 POP The English studies book |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do anything? Too much hassle. Until now. In this book Matthew Engel presents a call to arms against the linguistic impoverishment that happens when one language dominates another.
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