The American Language

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book

The American Language is H. L. Mencken’s influential study of American English, examining its history, vocabulary, and divergence from British usage.

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Label	Occurrences
Americanisms in English	1
The American Language canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ
advocates	recognition of American English as an independent standard ⓘ
author	H. L. Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Louis Mencken NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizes	linguistic purism ⓘ uncritical imitation of British usage ⓘ
examines	divergence of American English from British English ⓘ influences of African languages on American English ⓘ influences of German on American English ⓘ influences of Native American languages on American English ⓘ influences of Yiddish on American English ⓘ influences of immigration on American English ⓘ influences of other European languages on American English ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	1919 ⓘ
focusesOn	American idioms ⓘ American pronunciation ⓘ American spelling ⓘ American vocabulary ⓘ differences between American and British English ⓘ regional variation in American English ⓘ slang in American English ⓘ
genre	cultural history ⓘ language study ⓘ
hasAudience	general readers interested in language ⓘ historians of American culture ⓘ linguists ⓘ
hasEdition	revised edition ⓘ supplemented edition ⓘ
influencedBy	prescriptive British attitudes toward English ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	comprehensive documentation of Americanisms ⓘ influencing later studies of American English ⓘ popularizing the study of American English for general readers ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
structure	chapters on pronunciation and spelling ⓘ chapters on slang and colloquial speech ⓘ chapters on vocabulary and word formation ⓘ historical overview of American English ⓘ
subject	American English NERFINISHED ⓘ history of English ⓘ lexicography ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	development of American English up to the early 20th century ⓘ
tone	critical ⓘ ironic ⓘ witty ⓘ

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H. L. Mencken → notableWork → The American Language ⓘ

Richard Grant White → wroteAbout → The American Language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Americanisms in English