Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume I: Introduction and A-C


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By: Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall

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This series capture the language spoken on America's main streets and country roads, words and phrases passed along within homes and communities, from east to west, north to south, childhood to old age. Built upon an unprecedented survey of spoken English across America and bolstered by extensive historical research, this series preserves the language with all its idioms and peculiarities.

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Hardcover: 903 pages

Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1985-01-01)

Dimensions (H L W): 217 x 1132 x 891

ISBN: 0674205111

EAN: 9780674205116