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Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
Set Mencken, H.L.: The American Language Supplement 1 & 2 set
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Supplement 1 - Perhaps the first truly important book about the divergence of American English from its British roots, this survey of the language as it was spoken-and as it was changing-at the beginning of the 20th century comes via one of its most inveterate watchers, journalist, critic, and editor HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN (1880-1956).
Mencken turns his keen ear on:

- the general character of American English
- loan-words and non-English influences
- expletives and forbidden words
- American slang
- the future of the language
- and much, much more.

Anyone fascinated by words will find this a thoroughly enthralling look at the most changeable language on the face of the planet.
Supplement 2 - The DEFINITIVE EDITION OF The American Language was published in 1936. Since then it has been recognized as a classic. It is that rarest of literary accomplishments - a book that is authoritative and scientific and is at the same time very diverting reading. But after 1936 HLM continued to gather new materials diligently. In 1945 those which related to the first six chapters of The American Language were published as Supplement I; the present volume contains those new materials which relate to the other chapters.

The ground thus covered in Supplement II is as follows:
1. American Pronunciation. Its history. Its divergence from English usage. The regional and racial dialects.
2. American Spelling. The influence of Noah Webster upon it. Its characters today. The simplified spelling movement. The treatment of loan words. Punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation.
3. The Common Speech. Outlines of its grammar. Its verbs, pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. The double negative. Other peculiarities.
4. Proper Names in America. Surnames. Given-names. Place-names. Other names.
5. American Slang. Its origin and history. The argot of various racial and occupational groups.

Although the text of Supplement II is related to that of The American Language, it is an independent work that may be read profitably by persons who do not know either The American Language or Supplement I.

Hardcover. Very Good condition.
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Published in 1945 and 1948 by Knopf. Originally published in 1962.
739 and 890 pages
Actual product in photographs.

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