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Book Synopsis The New Dictionary of American History by : Michael Rheta Martin
Download or read book The New Dictionary of American History written by Michael Rheta Martin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satisfying a long-felt need, this ready reference volume will enable the teacher, scholar, student and layman to pinpoint quickly the object of search, whether it be a name, place, event, catch-phrase, or any other item in the field. The scope goes far beyond conventional coverage of the political, the military and the geographical, extending broadly into the aspects of science, invention, commerce and industry.
Book Synopsis Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language by :
Download or read book Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Slang written by Paul Dickson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to be privy to the inside banter of the boardroom, backroom or the Washington Beltway, Slang is an indispensable resource, and a lot of fun. Slang is evidence that the spoken language is continually changing to meet new needs for verbal expressions, tailored to changing realities and perceptions. Unlike most slang dictionaries that list entries alphabetically, Slang takes on modern American English one topic at a time, from "auctionese" to "computerese", the drug trade and sports slang. Slang was originally published by Pocket Books in 1990 in paperback and revised in 1998 in hardcover and paperback. The new Slang has 50% new material, including new chapters on slang associated with work cubicles, gaming, hip hop, and coffeehouses. Dickson brings slang into the twenty-first century with such blogger slang as TMPMITW, which stands for "the most powerful man in the world" (the president). Whether you want to be privy to the inside banter of the boardroom, backroom or the Washington Beltway, Slang is an indispensable resource, and a lot of fun.
Book Synopsis Webster's New World Basic Dictionary of American English by :
Download or read book Webster's New World Basic Dictionary of American English written by and published by Webster's New World. This book was released on 1998-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, 20 percent of the adult population is marginally literate. Of these roughly 30 million people, approximately 1.8 million are enrolled in basic skills literacy programs. Webster's New World has created a dictionary that is uniquely designed to help these beginning readers. Webster's New World Basic Dictionary of American English defines 49,000 of the most commonly used words in the American English lexicon. These are the words adult readers are most likely to encounter in newspapers and magazines, on job applications and product instructions, on advertising billboards and their children's school progress reports. The dictionary defines these words in clear, easy-to-understand language, using only words that are themselves defined in the dictionary, but never condescending to the adult reader. Definitions are liberally supplemented with example phrases and sentences that put words in context and help new readers understand meaning and usage. Special notes on synonyms help new readers differentiate between words with similar meanings. And selected illustrations help readers identify and remember words. This quality paperback book is designed for ease of reading and use, as well as for durability. Primarily created for native English speakers, it is also a valuable reference for more advanced readers of English as a second language. From the editors of the prestigious Webster's New World College Dictionary, the Basic Dictionary of American English brings the full scholarship behind that work to this important new offering in the field of literacy.
Book Synopsis Americanisms by : Maximilian Schele de Vere
Download or read book Americanisms written by Maximilian Schele de Vere and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Americanisms by : John Russell Bartlett
Download or read book Dictionary of Americanisms written by John Russell Bartlett and published by New York : Bartlett and Welford. This book was released on 1848 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang by : Grant Barrett
Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang written by Grant Barrett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a wonderful Baedeker to down-and-dirty politics--more than six hundred slang terms straight from the smoke-filled rooms of American political speech. Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American Political Slang illuminates a rich and colorful segment of our language. Readers will find informative entries on slang terms such as Beltway bandit and boondoggle, angry white male and leg treasurer, juice bill and Joe Citizen, banana superpower and the Big Fix. We find not only the meaning and history of familiar terms such as gerrymander, but also of lesser-known terms such as cracking (splitting a bloc of like-minded voters by redistricting) and fair-fight district (which refers to areas redistricted to favor no political party). Each entry includes the definition of the word, its historical background, and illuminating citations, some going back more than 200 years. (We learn, for instance, that a term as seemingly current as political football actually dates back to before the Civil War.) Selected entries will have extended encyclopedic notes. The book also features sidebar essays on topics such as political words in Blogistan; a short history of "big cheese"; all about chads and the 2000 election; the suffix "-gate" and all the related Watergate terms; and the naming of legislation. Political junkies, policy wonks, journalists, and word lovers will find this book addictive reading as well as a reliable guide to one of the more colorful corners of American English.
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Americanisms by : John Russell Bartlett
Download or read book Dictionary of Americanisms written by John Russell Bartlett and published by New York : Bartlett and Welford. This book was released on 1848 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Glossaries Of Americanisms by : Daniel R Davis
Download or read book Glossaries Of Americanisms written by Daniel R Davis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American lexicography has a distinguished and familiar tradition. Elwyn (1859) is intended as a corrective response to the excessive identification of Americanisms, but in fact represents what one might term the ‘traditionalist’ position. Fallows (1883) is significant as a treatment of Americanisms and Briticisms for a general audience. Norton (1890) is a specific application to American political life.
Book Synopsis The Making of a New Dictionary by : David Bernard Guralnik
Download or read book The Making of a New Dictionary written by David Bernard Guralnik and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of the English Language by : Joseph Emerson Worcester
Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Joseph Emerson Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 2060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The American Language by : Henry Louis Mencken
Download or read book The American Language written by Henry Louis Mencken and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Webster's New World College Dictionary by : Victoria Neufeldt
Download or read book Webster's New World College Dictionary written by Victoria Neufeldt and published by MacMillan Reference Library. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers hundreds of new words and meanings, including many unique to American English, with thousands of examples of current usage.
Book Synopsis Beginnings of American English by : Mitford McLeod Mathews
Download or read book Beginnings of American English written by Mitford McLeod Mathews and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The American Language by : H. L. Mencken
Download or read book The American Language written by H. L. Mencken and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Language is a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States. The book is Menken's research of the differences between English and American language. Mencken wanted to defend "Americanisms" against a steady stream of English critics, who usually isolated Americanisms as borderline "perversions" of the "mother tongue". The book discusses the beginnings of "American" variations from "English", the spread of these variations, American names and slang. According to Mencken, American English was more colorful, vivid, and creative than its British counterpart. The book concludes with the observation in the norms of use of the proper names in America, including surnames, given names, geographical names, Menken's analysis on the American slang, and forecast on the further language development.
Book Synopsis American English Compendium by : Marv Rubinstein
Download or read book American English Compendium written by Marv Rubinstein and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American English Compendium is a fun way to explore the nuances of the English language—learn that a group of lions is called a pride; a group of whales, a pod; and a group of owls, a parliament. Distinguish between a quack and a shyster. Learn that “tabling a motion” in a U.S. court has an opposite meaning from the same term in England. This book picks up where other language dictionaries leave off: it includes common proverbs, a sampling of American English versus British English, popular American expressions and slang, acronyms, and varied information on everything from wildlife to currency. In this new edition, the staples have been updated and fresh chapters have been added, with information on pronunciation, oddball English words, and even some of the new Internet terminology, including Twitterspeak.
Book Synopsis A dictionary of the english language by : Joseph E. Worcester
Download or read book A dictionary of the english language written by Joseph E. Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: