Parts of speech; essays on English

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Parts of speech; essays on English
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1901
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Parts of speech; essays on English

Author: Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

Year: 1901

The stock that speaks the language.--The future of the language.--The English language in the United States.--The language in Great Britain.--Americanism once more.--New words and old.--The naturalization of foreign words.--The function of slang.--Questions of usage.--An inquiry as to rime.--On the poetry of placenames.--As to "American spelling."--The simplification of English spelling.--Americanism, an attempt at a definition

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