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- Americanisms
- English language 46
- Languages 14
- Dialects 13
- Variation 12
- History 11
- Social aspects 9
- African Americans 7
- Black English 7
- Slang 7
- Language 6
- Foreign elements 5
- Language and culture 5
- Electronic books 4
- Influence on English 4
- Spoken English 4
- Figures of speech 3
- Language and languages 3
- Languages in contact 3
- Usage 3
- African 2
- African languages 2
- Dialectology 2
- Grammar 2
- Idioms 2
- Lexicology 2
- Linguistics 2
- New words 2
- Obscene words 2
- Popular culture 2
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How we talk : American regional English today / Allan Metcalf.
Published 2000Full text (Wentworth users only)
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The American Heritage dictionary of idioms / Christine Ammer.
Published 2013Full text (Wentworth users only)
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The American Heritage abbreviations dictionary.
Published 2007Full text (Wentworth users only)
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From skedaddle to selfie : words of the generations / Allan Metcalf.
Published 2016Full text (Wentworth users only)
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OK : the improbable story of America's greatest word / Allan Metcalf.
Published 2011Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Sociocultural and historical contexts of African American English / edited by Sonja L. Lanehart.
Published 2001Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Appalachian Englishes in the twenty-first century / edited by Kirk Hazen.
Published 2020Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Governing the Tongue : the Politics of Speech in Early New England.
Published 1999Full text (Wentworth users only)
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The City in Slang : New York Life and Popular Speech.
Published 1993Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Damn! : a cultural history of swearing in modern America / Rob Chirico ; foreword by Keith Allan.
Published 2014Full text (Wentworth users only)
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The Columbia guide to standard American English / Kenneth G. Wilson.
Published 1993Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Speaking American : a history of English in the United States / Richard W. Bailey.
Published 2012Full text (Wentworth users only)
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The Atlas of North American English : Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change.
Published 2008Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Lexical Change and Variation in the Southeastern United States, 1930-1990.
Published 2010Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Homophones and homographs : an American dictionary / compiled by James B. Hobbs.
Published 2006Full text (Wentworth users only)
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Maine Lingo: A Wicked-Good Guide to Yankee Vernacular.
Published 2015Full text (Wentworth users only)
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